Please Help! Modified Charger HELP!
OK I bought a laptop for $25, a Toshiba Satellite C855 S5115. The only thing “Out of Place" was the charger doesn't disconnect, as if the wiring is soldered to the “power source" of the mother board or something inside.
Any who, one day it just stopped charging and eventually the battery died and now I can't charge it again. I have files on there that are very important to me and would like to use or have access to them. Please help !
Can anybody tell me how to open this and take a look at what exactly is “modified" ? Maybe guide me to at least “re-modify" it to make it charge and power on again…and maybe a guide to reverse the modification back to normal ?
I can take pics as we go on, but the pics I'm providing are the “charger” and the model info. The OS is Win10.
On another note…I also have a HP Pavilion Slimline (which also runs Win10) that I can't remember the after boot up access password to. Couldn't I just take my hard drive from the Toshiba laptop and use it in my HP desktop and access those files that way ? Or.is it more complicated than that ? Or near impossible?
But I'd really like to get my laptop up and running and have that to use, so my focus for answers is more towards the issue with that, but all comments are welcome.
Thanks guys !
Update (12/29/2018)
Looks like the wire on charger cable end to module is damaged from being pushed back and forth from moving it around.
Also looks like I can reverse the modification and replace the DC module and charger to normal.
What do you guys think ?
How about that chassis @nick ? Look good ?
Update (12/29/2018)
A jack like this ?
Is this a good question?
6 Comments
Doesn't look like it has the characteristic cracking to me in what I can see in the photo. Get a new jack to be sure it's going to work.
Don't get a China pride (junk) charger. You're better off with a Targus universal charger if it's one of those or a universal.
by Nick
I have to go with what I can afford at the moment...I'm ordering the DC module piece along with a charger tomorrow. The charger I'm buying is 65w output, the original charger is 90w...will this affect the charging of the battery or the battery its self ? What should I look for as far a specs when buying the charger ?
by Tynan
Depends on what the notebook shipped with. Some require a 90W adapter, while others use a 65W but are 90W compatible. I usually recommend 90W to be sure it'll always work as I don't always know your system.
by Nick
How can I find that out ?
by Tynan
Never mind I found one thats 90w. The charger I have with it is 90w.
by Tynan
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