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Old February 13th, 2008, 06:07 AM
jds2006 jds2006 is offline
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Roommate's dog chewed up laptop adapter, now laptop will not turn on
A few weeks ago my roommate's new puppy chewed up the cord of my laptop adapter. I tried to turn on my laptop after that happened, but it was dead and nothing would show up when I pushed the power button. I figured that it must be because of the chewed up adapter cord so I ordered a new one on ebay. Well, I just received the new adapter today but my laptop still will not turn on.

So I want to know: Could this be due from the puppy chewing on the adapter or is it another problem? If not, then what could be the problem with my laptop? I had a similar problem last year with my monitor when stopped working after there was a power outage, which is why I suspect that this problem might've been caused by the puppy. Any thoughts?
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Old February 13th, 2008, 06:14 AM
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If the laptop was plugged in at the time of chewing, it's quite possible when the cord was chewed through, it caused a short and shorted your laptop motherboard.
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Old February 13th, 2008, 06:18 AM
jds2006 jds2006 is offline
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Yeah, the laptop was plugged in when it the adapter was chewed.

Edit: Is there any way I can fix this?
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Old February 13th, 2008, 06:21 AM
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Well, buy a new motherboard but they can cost as much as the laptop did. Is it under warranty still?
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