Dell Inspiron charger not working :(

littlepinkstars44

my charger for my lappy broke last night, it just stopped working! EEEKK

And i have soooo many essays, exams and reports coming up I NEED IT!
Also my mums computer is cahoots just now as well...has been for the past week or so..but thats another story!

Luckily our neightbour had a spare tower kicking about to let us borrow for now, so i have internet access on my mums pc...VERY limited access though, as her, my dad and little brother all share this pc!

So where can i get a new charger for my Dell lappy? Cheaply please?
Or could anyone give me the phone number for Dell and i can give them a wee ring in the morning!
please i'm a desperate student who is nearly pulling her hair out! lol

Browntoa

it may just be the wires broken between the plug and the round filter at the very end of the lead

bottom right of this pisture



it bends when it gets moved while plugged in and is a well known fault , uplug from the mains and split the plastic covering with a craft knife or something , you should then be able to see where the outer metal coating is split and join it , sometimes the outer and inner wires are broken and you need to cut back the covering and join the inner ends together , and then the out wire ends together , keep them seperated with some insulating tape , or as a very temp fix , some selotape

otherwise Maplin do a generic Laptop power supply that will do the honours , which is cheaper then the real dell one , or look on ebay

littlepinkstars44

oh i don't know how to do anything like that

I've never heard of Maplin before?

cally6008

maplins.co.uk - Big electronics shop

Browntoa

original on Amazon £19

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Dell-Adapter-Charger-Inspiron/dp/B000NRDZVG

Maplin £29.99

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=42622

littlepinkstars44

thanks, does anyone know if i should bother contacting Dell first, as my lappy is less than a year old

Browntoa

ring them up , they should just stick one in the post , they did when my battery died

littlepinkstars44

Browntoa wrote: »

ring them up , they should just stick one in the post , they did when my battery died

oh thanks i will. Any idea of a number? this computer is slow i can't even get off the home page on the dell site!

thomas01155

General Sales0870 152 4699
Order Status (System Orders Only)0870 907 4712
Customer Care General Order Enquiries0870 906 0010
Technical Support Queries0870 908 0800
Parts & Accessories0870 907 5083
Axim Sales0870 152 4636
Consumer Services OfferingsXPS Technical Queries0870 366 4180Dell Financial Services (completed loans only)

If your computer is running slow it could be a sign that you are infected with malware.

littlepinkstars44

thomas01155 wrote: »

General Sales0870 152 4699
Order Status (System Orders Only)0870 907 4712
Customer Care General Order Enquiries0870 906 0010
Technical Support Queries0870 908 0800
Parts & Accessories0870 907 5083
Axim Sales0870 152 4636
Consumer Services OfferingsXPS Technical Queries0870 366 4180Dell Financial Services (completed loans only)

If your computer is running slow it could be a sign that you are infected with malware.

its not my computer its a neightbours old tower from years ago cause my mums computer is knackered too!

motorguy

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

my charger for my lappy broke last night, it just stopped working! EEEKK

And i have soooo many essays, exams and reports coming up I NEED IT!
Also my mums computer is cahoots just now as well...has been for the past week or so..but thats another story!

Luckily our neightbour had a spare tower kicking about to let us borrow for now, so i have internet access on my mums pc...VERY limited access though, as her, my dad and little brother all share this pc!

So where can i get a new charger for my Dell lappy? Cheaply please?
Or could anyone give me the phone number for Dell and i can give them a wee ring in the morning!
please i'm a desperate student who is nearly pulling her hair out! lol

Is it by any chance a Dell Inspiron 1300. They are very prone to breaking the jack in the laptop itself where the power supply plugs into. (as are a lot of Dell models)

If holding the plug into the back of the machine and 'jiggling' it up and down reestablishes the power then thats your problem, not the PSU.