I have a Compaq Presario 2500. While I was using it yesterday my mom came in and asked me to run over to the farmstand and get an apple pie for after dinner. I went out, wasn't gone for more than 25 minutes, and came back to find that the laptop I left on was now turned off. I couldn't get it back on. First I thought it was something funny with the power cable. I'm using a Targus cable instead of the one the laptop came with. I noticed the blue light on the Targus cable wasn't going on when I plugged it in again. Then I realized, though, that if I unplugged the cable on the laptop end and just plugged it in at the wall socket the blue light does come on but as soon as I plug it in to the laptop the light goes out. This just seems like a funky cable problem but here's what gets me worried: the battery in the laptop still shows it is powered but it is still completely dead when I press the power button. What kind of problem am I looking at here? I'm not sure if I should investigate the cable or if some kind of glitch screwed up my whole laptop in that 25 minutes of time I was out getting the pie. I have no clue- HELP!
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Jump to PostThis is kind of tricky to explain, but I'll try my best to explain it as clearly as possible. For some reason, probably to protect the computer, the power pack automatically goes off if either end shouldcome unplugged. What you have to do is plug the wall end in first. …
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