For a few weeks now my laptop only worked with the power adapter and no longer with the battery. This is not a problem as it is not used on the go. Today, however, he just switched off and now he no longer reacts (no lamp lights up no current). Could it be due to a defective power supply? Many thanks in advance.
Msi gp60 Leopard is the model.
This is difficult to say without going to the power supply with a measuring device. Is there a small green lamp (LED) on the power supply or something like that? If it is lit, it is likely that the power supply is still intact.
Since it is very unlikely, I do not assume that you have someone in your circle of acquaintances who has the same series of laptops to test your power supply there if necessary?
A fuse could be defective in the laptop as well as in the power supply, another component could no longer function properly, etc.
But what you can still do would be to organize a replacement power supply for your laptop on ebay or the like. It doesn't have to be original, but you shouldn't take the cheapest. If this does not work either, the likelihood that it is due to the laptop increases.
Sorry that I can't do more. Is really difficult by remote diagnosis. I wish you much success and would be happy to hear from you
First of all thank you for your kind and detailed answer!
Unfortunately there's no lamp or other display on the power cable and I unfortunately do not have a multimeter. Unfortunately I can only borrow one on Monday because I will test it. Unfortunately I do not have a laptop / power supply available in the known circle.
I hope only the power supply is broken and nothing worse. The worst thing would be if it remains completely useless since I logically need it and still have some unsecured data. Do you think it could be because only the battery was broken but this was only the case because the power supply was "weakened" so that it speaks for the fact that the power supply is originally to blame? (So whether you can deduce what was first)
I'm more of a user and can't explain it to me technically. But that he is "dead" the motherboard shot up is rather unlikely or?
Have to say again would not have thought that I would get an answer at all, let alone such a nice one!
That a defective battery puts a power supply would be new to me, but there's nothing that does not exist. If the NT is in the bucket, I would advise you to try a universal power supply to try it out, it can then be used more easily (or returned if possible).
If the device has really passed the spoon, you can remove the hard drive and attach it to your (new?) Laptop / PC via an adapter or external housing (if the plate is not so defective, you can use it even further) and secure your data in this way.
Thanks for the nice comment
How did the defect in the battery express itself? Has it kept getting shorter over time, has it not loaded properly or has it not become 100% full? The power supply would only be to blame for the last point, since the battery itself also has a limited number of charging cycles. Depending on the type, this is between 300 and 800 pieces. This means that in the worst case, the battery will not reach its full performance after 300 charges and you will feel as if it is defective because it does not last long at all.
Another cause of death for the battery can be if you store it relatively empty for a very long time. For example, it is at 15% and you put your laptop in the corner and only switch it on again after 2 weeks. This is poison for the battery and it also behaves increasingly poorly. The best storage capacity for impending long periods of non-use is around 75%.
I hope that you can borrow the multimeter and measure the power supply successfully to find out if it is.
If all else fails and you can no longer get your laptop up and running, you can remove the hard drive and connect it to another laptop or computer via a SATA to USB adapter via USB (as already mentioned in the other answer by Kenshin663), at least to get your data. However, I hope and keep my fingers crossed that it is due to the power supply
