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I am new here, so not sure if I am asking in the proper section of the forum.
My Lenovo Ideapad 320 only works on battery power, but not on AC Power (plugged in).
One night while I was using it, I decided to plug in an external HDMI monitor into the laptop.
As soon as I started to plug in the HDMI connector into the HDMI laptop port, the laptop completely turned off in an instant (it just died).
My 1st thought was that I just shorted out the motherboard, and killed my laptop, but I was able to turn the laptop back on, and it worked just fine.
Well, a little while later, I noticed that even though I had the AC Adapter plugged in, the battery was dying, and the LED light on the DC power jack was not on.
I found a very similar (looked almost identical, other then the screen display) Lenovo Ideapad (I think it was a model 120) at a pawnshop, that looked identical, but with different (much slower hardware specs), but it came with a 45 Watt AC Adapter.
The design of both laptops looked almost identical, and the internal batteries were also identical in appearance, but the voltage was different on them.
The 45 Watt AC Adapter would not power the Ideapad 320 on, but I was able to put the battery of the Ideapad 120 laptop into the 320, and it worked just fine, but only off of battery power.
Anyways, the laptop in question is a Lenovo Ideapad 320-15IKB, that was made for the German market (if that makes a difference), and has an 8th Gen Core i5 CPU, with Dedicated graphics (I think 2GB of dedicated graphics), which the same one that was made for the US Market does not have (it only has shared / onboard graphics), if that helps with my issue at all.
Also, it says on the back that it requires a 20V 3.25A AC Adapter I assume, which is a 65 Watt AC Adapter, from what I see, from one that I found on ebay.
I understand that this is a longshot, but could the issue be that a 45 Watt AC Adapter will not power on the Ideapad 320, which I believe came with a 65 Watt AC Adapter?
I tested the Generic universal AC Adapter (that I was using with the Ideapad 320 at the time that it died) in the other Lenovo Ideapad 120, and it did not work, so I believe that it is dead.
Remember, that the laptop appeared to short out, and die instantly, but I was able to turn it on (on several occasions) until the battery eventually died, and I was able to use a charged battery from a Lenovo 120 (that looked almost identical to the 320) to power on and use the Ideapad 320, but I have not tried to order the proper 65 watt (20V / 3.25A) AC Adapter for it yet (been really low on money, so have not been able to order it yet).
Anyways, does anyone here have any thoughts as to what the issue of the laptop might be?
Is it possible that I just need to order the proper 65 Watt AC Adapter, even though a 45 Watt AC Adapter from a very similar Ideapad did not work on it?
Is the issue probably a dead DC Jack? I do not know how to solder, and that is what would be required for that repair, but the part is very cheap (under $10).
Or could the issue be a short in the motherboard, even though I have been able to use the laptop just fine with a charged battery?
Thank you very much for any thoughts, or suggestions about this issue.
Thanks for your time.
My Lenovo Ideapad 320 only works on battery power, but not on AC Power (plugged in).
One night while I was using it, I decided to plug in an external HDMI monitor into the laptop.
As soon as I started to plug in the HDMI connector into the HDMI laptop port, the laptop completely turned off in an instant (it just died).
My 1st thought was that I just shorted out the motherboard, and killed my laptop, but I was able to turn the laptop back on, and it worked just fine.
Well, a little while later, I noticed that even though I had the AC Adapter plugged in, the battery was dying, and the LED light on the DC power jack was not on.
I found a very similar (looked almost identical, other then the screen display) Lenovo Ideapad (I think it was a model 120) at a pawnshop, that looked identical, but with different (much slower hardware specs), but it came with a 45 Watt AC Adapter.
The design of both laptops looked almost identical, and the internal batteries were also identical in appearance, but the voltage was different on them.
The 45 Watt AC Adapter would not power the Ideapad 320 on, but I was able to put the battery of the Ideapad 120 laptop into the 320, and it worked just fine, but only off of battery power.
Anyways, the laptop in question is a Lenovo Ideapad 320-15IKB, that was made for the German market (if that makes a difference), and has an 8th Gen Core i5 CPU, with Dedicated graphics (I think 2GB of dedicated graphics), which the same one that was made for the US Market does not have (it only has shared / onboard graphics), if that helps with my issue at all.
Also, it says on the back that it requires a 20V 3.25A AC Adapter I assume, which is a 65 Watt AC Adapter, from what I see, from one that I found on ebay.
I understand that this is a longshot, but could the issue be that a 45 Watt AC Adapter will not power on the Ideapad 320, which I believe came with a 65 Watt AC Adapter?
I tested the Generic universal AC Adapter (that I was using with the Ideapad 320 at the time that it died) in the other Lenovo Ideapad 120, and it did not work, so I believe that it is dead.
Remember, that the laptop appeared to short out, and die instantly, but I was able to turn it on (on several occasions) until the battery eventually died, and I was able to use a charged battery from a Lenovo 120 (that looked almost identical to the 320) to power on and use the Ideapad 320, but I have not tried to order the proper 65 watt (20V / 3.25A) AC Adapter for it yet (been really low on money, so have not been able to order it yet).
Anyways, does anyone here have any thoughts as to what the issue of the laptop might be?
Is it possible that I just need to order the proper 65 Watt AC Adapter, even though a 45 Watt AC Adapter from a very similar Ideapad did not work on it?
Is the issue probably a dead DC Jack? I do not know how to solder, and that is what would be required for that repair, but the part is very cheap (under $10).
Or could the issue be a short in the motherboard, even though I have been able to use the laptop just fine with a charged battery?
Thank you very much for any thoughts, or suggestions about this issue.
Thanks for your time.