Did I short out my PC laptop's AC power adapter?!

[lapis]

I wasn't paying attention and I tried to plug my new laptop's AC adapter into my old one. The ports have totally different shapes, but I didn't notice this until when I tried to plug in the female end into the PC, and it made a small spark.

Acting further idiotically (I blame my non-caffeinated brain), I plugged the adapter into my new PC, and was surfing away on the Internet until I got a warning that my battery life was at 17%. I also noticed that the power light thingie was red instead of the usual green.

Does this mean that I need to get a new adapter?! Grrrrr.

[Dogman]

I wasn't paying attention and I tried to plug my new laptop's AC adapter into my old one. The ports have totally different shapes, but I didn't notice this until when I tried to plug in the female end into the PC, and it made a small spark.

Acting further idiotically (I blame my non-caffeinated brain), I plugged the adapter into my new PC, and was surfing away on the Internet until I got a warning that my battery life was at 17%. I also noticed that the power light thingie was red instead of the usual green.

Does this mean that I need to get a new adapter?! Grrrrr.


In one word "Probably" ;D , find someone with a volt meter, and check the output of the cord!
Most a/c adapters, have a fuse, that will blow, the problem, is getting to it. Because it is a sealed unit.

Just hope and pray, you did not mess up the laptop internal power supply!

Next!

[joe_momma]

Yup - yer smoked - hopefully it is only the PS and not the laptop.

I smoked my router last month when I plugged in the modem lead (12v) into the router (5v).

(I now have labels on the plugs!)

[lapis]

Thank you Dogman! My dh probably has one somewhere in the garage, but he is at work. I was even thinking of just going to Fry's and replacing it! But I should just wait.

The computer seemed to be working fine...could it still have something wrong?

JM, I probably need to use labels too!

[Santa]

Thank you Dogman! My dh probably has one somewhere in the garage, but he is at work. I was even thinking of just going to Fry's and replacing it! But I should just wait.

The computer seemed to be working fine...could it still have something wrong?

JM, I probably need to use labels too!


Lapis, not to change the subject, but what does dh stand for? I keep seeing women using dh for what I presume to mean husband, but I really don't know.

It might mean damn hassle, or dumb helper, or douche handle, or any number of things...... ??? Just curious. ;D

Many of these newfangled abbreviations totally stump me.

[lapis]

DH stands for dear husband. Sometimes people use the more politically-correct DP, which stands for dear partner (and usable for same-sex marriages).