Try removing the battery and leaving it out. Use the adapter alone without the battery. If that works, the battery is dead not the adapter. It is not worth the expense of buying a battery on this old model--if you could even find one. Use it without the battery as a desktop replacement until you buy a new computer.
Mary G
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June 4th, 2019 12:00
Try removing the battery and leaving it out. Use the adapter alone without the battery. If that works, the battery is dead not the adapter. It is not worth the expense of buying a battery on this old model--if you could even find one. Use it without the battery as a desktop replacement until you buy a new computer.
kskipper
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June 4th, 2019 12:00
No luck with that.
nyc10036
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June 4th, 2019 14:00
The other possibility is that the DC jack board is bad.
U2CAMEB4ME
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June 4th, 2019 16:00
Welcome to the Dell Community @kskipper
Sorry but it sounds like the system board is shorted???
Try removing the HDD, CD/DVD and battery.
Then try connecting the AC.
If it still goes out??? "System Board Short"
Best regards,
U2