The Inspiron will not charge. The charger and cord is good. The lite is green on the charger.
I did some googling and found where the dc jack is it is hard wired to the mother board. So when the dc jack is blown, you have a paperweight.
A laptop shop may be able to fix it, but after parts and labor, I could be over halfway on buying a new laptop.
I'm kinda p!ssed about it because it ran great, it wasnt buggy, and never had a virus or spyware on it.
I was going to spend about $600-$800 and find a killer Memorial Day sale, but decided to go another route......
I bought a new laptop at Sam's Club yesterday.
The Acer One 8.9" mini-laptop w/ XP, Intel Atom 1.66, 160gb HHD, 1gb RAM, 3 USB ports, VGA port, Wi-Fi, 6 cell battery, multi-card reader + a 2nd dedicated SD card reader and a USB mouse included.
It was $241 out the door with tax.
I have wireless at home, and a Verizon USB data card when I am on the go, on a trip, or at work. Plus with a HP external DVD burner I have, the little Acer should be good for now.
I can even hook up my old ACER 17" LCD monitor to it @ my home office!
I'll keep you posted on how it runs!