Laptop burning.....

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Basically, I think my laptop has had it.

When I put the mains into the system, the light on the power pack flashes, there is a severe burning smell from the laptop and the plug gets real hot real quick.

Any ideas as to what the problem could be?

[demon9k]

Is it the laptop thats burning or the power supply?

Recently my bosses laptop stopped working and a burning smell came out of it, we took it to bits and a small chip had melted. Only thing we could do was salvage processor/ram/HD etc. Sorry

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

It's the actual laptop. Gonna disassemble it later and see what I can salvage. I think all I'll do is take out the HD, ram, dvd-r drive and then flog the rest as spares.

Can I use the HD in a normal PC though? I know it won't fit, but is there an adaptor that it can slot into?

[kernow]

yep

[bignige]

It's the day for appliances to smell of burning! Check out the console section of this thread!! (Ask teh forum)

[bootmonster]

hdd probs?

http://www.micom.co.uk/product.php?cats=HDD


Have a look there for caddy's and enclosures you can use with your hdd.

Check ebay too, some are pretty smart and have handles etc so they're extra portable!

8)

[Spatial]

Wasn't a Dell was it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4793143.stm