Seibertron wrote:Tyrannacon wrote:Bummer.
Is it a dead/dying battery not holding or able to charge or is a charging plug/pack issue? Hopefully it'll get fixed soon! You have my sympathies.
Unfortunately, no. I have 3 batteries and two chargers (mostly for my business related travel trips) which enables me to test multiple configurations. You can test whether or not it's a battery issue by plugging in the laptop and removing the battery. If the laptop remains powered, then it's not a battery issue. The laptop isn't recognizing that the charger is connected. No errors or anything **, which leads me to believe that the issue is with either the DC Port or the motherboard itself. I'm pretty adept at disassembling computers (especially the extremely easy to disassemble MSI laptops that are extremely modular) but soldering is currently above my skill level, which is what's required for the DC port. Hopefully the DC port is what needs to be fixed and the motherboard is not what needs to be replaced. Fingers crossed!
** For the past 4 to 6 months, the laptop has been randomly turning itself off. Another symptom of a power related issue. Once I go get back into windows, there's usually a "critical thermal error" in the Windows error logs. I've extensively cleaned out the inside of the laptop, verified that the fan is working appropriately, removed the old thermal paste in two locations and replaced with fresh thermal paste, updated drivers, disabled the Nvidia GeForce drivers, and many other changes to no avail over the past few months. At some point, it's just a hardware issue and something needs to be replaced on a 4.5 year old power house gaming machine (MSI GT70 OND) that I use extensively every day and which gets a lot of abuse.
As are my own hopes in this scenario that it's something that can be fixed and something like the DC port. I do have some familiarity here with what you're saying. Before getting sick I used to do computer repair before my health issues hit me really hard and I had to back off of things. When I got my settlement I switched from a laptop back to a desktop. I actually walked my dad through how to build a PC (and he did phenomenal) with it. I couldn't myself because of the side effects of my medication at the time. I still have my laptop, although I don't use it much now for things as often. I'm on my desktop more commonly now, which is good I guess.
