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Netbook won't turn on/charge

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  • Dell Inspiron
  • Laptops
  • Netbooks
  • Laptop Battery
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September 14, 2014 9:03:47 AM

I have a dell inspirion mini that i have not used in well over a year. Couldn't find the original charger but my universal charger for laptop fits and the voltage input is the same.

If you plug the charger in, nothing happens. Not even a charging light. Taking out the battery and plugging in the charger produces the same result.

I'm wondering if perhaps it needs to be plugged in for a while before anything will happen due to how long its just been sitting, like a cell phone that's been dead for so long that not even having it plugged in to a charger will turn the phone on until you charge it for a few minutes.

Any thoughts or steps I could take for troubleshooting?

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a b D Laptop
September 14, 2014 9:34:05 AM

If you're sure the power brick works then take it in.
It should have turned on with the battery removed & running off the brick
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a c 252 D Laptop
September 14, 2014 9:43:39 AM

Hi, don't plug the universal charger, unless you know it's the same polarity.
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