Laptop help

[sanity girl]

I wonder if anyone can help - I have an HP Pavilion laptop, bought in Italy about 5 years ago - the computer itself seems ok still, but it keeps switching itself off and I think this is due to a bad connection with the charger (the battery gave up the ghost long ago). I tried a new charger (supposedly offical HP one but I have my doubts) bought on ebay but it doesn't work at all. Does anyone have any experience of this - is it worth trying another new charger or could it be something more sinister wrong with the laptop itself or perhaps the internal connection to the power supply? I'm hoping I don't have to end up buying a new laptop but can solve this another way.

[DJKillaQueen]

It could be a poor internal connection, and that possibly requires a resolder or replace of the mains socket on the laptop itself, not expensive or difficult to do. If it's not that then it could be the failure of the power supply interface (possibly the power board if your laptop uses one) but having that repaired would be cheaper than getting a new laptop.

[sanity girl]

Hi, thanks for that. Any idea where I could get the laptop looked at to get that kind of repair done? And if it is replacing the mains socket, roughly how much does that cost?

[ed_pete]

If you suspect that the socket for the power lead is at fault then http://www.laptoprepair.co.uk/ will repair it for you, or failing that I'm sure they'd be able to diagnose the issue. Why not give them a call to find out the rough cost of a repair.

[sanity girl]

Thanks - have you used these guys before?

[ruffers]

There are recommendations on here for a couple of repair places if you do a search.

[bob]

Sanity girl

There is a place in Pellat rd op the Mag have used him twice give him a try.

Bob S

[sanity girl]

Thanks all, I am going to try Christian in Pellat Road.

[sanity girl]

Just to say Christian (EDF username Netquest) sorted the problem for me really quickly. I would definitely recommend his service to anyone else having problems with their laptop.