Sorry if this is the noobiest question alive or even in the wrong place, since I don't often come to the hardware side of things.
Last night my laptop shut itself off unexpectedly. When I turned it back on it said it was running on the **broken link removed**, even though it was plugged into the AC Adapter.
I checked the adapter and it was plugged in, I checked the plug and it was fine and had electricity running into it. I checked the connections and every thing seemed as normal. The only thing off was the box part of the adapter was REALLY hot. Like enough that it concerned me.
Now my question is this - is this a problem with the AC Adapter burning out (do they even do that? It has seen better days...) or is it time to get a new battery for the laptop? Seems like if it were the battery it should still register my AC Adapter being plugged in, so I am leaning towards it being the Adapter going kablooie, but I wanted to check before sinking money into something it may not be.
Any help would be appreciated!
Last night my laptop shut itself off unexpectedly. When I turned it back on it said it was running on the **broken link removed**, even though it was plugged into the AC Adapter.
I checked the adapter and it was plugged in, I checked the plug and it was fine and had electricity running into it. I checked the connections and every thing seemed as normal. The only thing off was the box part of the adapter was REALLY hot. Like enough that it concerned me.
Now my question is this - is this a problem with the AC Adapter burning out (do they even do that? It has seen better days...) or is it time to get a new battery for the laptop? Seems like if it were the battery it should still register my AC Adapter being plugged in, so I am leaning towards it being the Adapter going kablooie, but I wanted to check before sinking money into something it may not be.
Any help would be appreciated!