Re: psu or firmware?
Graham Seaman wrote:
> I'm running Debian on an old Dell Vostro 1520 - old and slow, but has
> been working fine. Recently the PSU has stopped charging. It is
> genuinely empty; if I power down and then try to boot with no power
> cable attached the laptop is completely dead.
>
> I guess it's most likely this is a hardware failure, but since I'm
> unlikely to find a viable replacement for the battery I'm hoping there
> might be some firmware or other software change that could account for it.
my guess is that the battery pack is done for before i
would suspect the PSU - especially on an old laptop.
often for the price of a new battery you are already
a large part of the way towards just getting a newer
system (a raspberry pi might work for some people and
be much better instead).
what has been discussed recently in another thread
about old hardware often costing more in the long run
anyways (more power consumption and eventually perhaps
not having very good support by software).
songbird
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