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I have the Dell Adamo laptop. My Adapter broke and I fixed it and it worked for a while but then broke again. When I repaired the adapter I think I crossed the wires and when I plugged it back into the laptop I think it damaged something because now the computer will not power on. I brought a brand new adapter but it still will not power on when the battery is disconnected. If I connect the battery it boots just fine. So in summary:

  1. Power Adapter works
  2. Computer powers on with battery and everything works fine. Boots into Windows etc.
  3. Once battery is dead or disconnected, laptop will not power on.
  4. I think something is damaged on the motherboard preventing it from charging the battery and powering the computer. I was wondering how I can repair this on the motherboard. Everything is together so I can’t just buy another board for cheap. I was hoping someone could look at the board and tell me what they think is damaged. Here is a picture of the motherboard. The power adapter is part 932CA. http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/uvwQX… http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/q16v2… Dell Adamo Teardown

David Smith, this appears to be a loose solder connection on the DC jack. Try to resolder the connection or replace the DC jack. Hope this helps, good luck.

Fixing the DC jack re-soldering the power jack on mother board and I`m afraid it wont be possible with regular soldering iron. I would suggest to take it to some hardware shop and get it fixed because a wrong attempt can may harm your laptop more.