by Milkies on January 21st, 2008

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My son recently accidently plugged a 48v cisco systems server adapter into my laptop. Now the laptop will not boot. The power light comes on and the HDD light comes on (but solid), but the HDD does not spin nor do any fans run. Is the laptop fried?

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  • by Simplyadapters.com on September 22nd, 2008

    Simplyadapters.com

    You friend something on your laptop. If you take it to a repair shop that does board level repair they might be able to help you out. But that's a lot of juice to put into a laptop. At the very least you can get an external hard drive caddy and hopefully get your data.

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  • by Nelson - Jetpacking from bed on January 21st, 2008

    Nelson - Jetpacking from bed

    Yeah, hmmm, most laptops have an input of between 7 and 14 volts. Those extra 40 some volts were probably a bad idea. I'm guessing that the power converter inside that laptop is crying right about now.

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  • by Persky Bunkermeister on January 21st, 2008

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    Take it into a repair shop -- the system might be dead, the HDD could could be dead, or maybe just a cable or connector is damaged. I am sort of surprised that a 48V system would have a connector that could accidentally be plugged into a laptop.

    Hope this story has a happy ending... I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

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