Hello everyone,
I've got kind of a unique situation with my laptop and I was hoping someone out there might have an idea of what's going on.
I have an Asus N53SN. I bought it a little over 2 years ago for about $900. It's got a decent graphics card (GT 550M) and I've used the laptop for gaming. after about a year I had a DC jack failure where the cord would need to be held in a certain fashion for the laptop to charge. I used my warranty with Microcenter to get it "repaired". Unfortunately I had to send it back, where they then replaced both the faulty DC jack and also replaced my motherboard.
My warranty is expired now, but the problem has actually changed. the laptop will charge, BUT if the system becomes stressed, the power connection begins to flicker again. This actually makes most games unplayable. Path of Exile, for example, will drop frames consistently and will slowly drain my battery, down to 0% after about 2 hours. Battlefield 3, while otherwise would have achieved 30FPS, is unplayable and the battery quickly drains.
Does anyone have an idea of what could cause this? could it be my graphics card failing? maybe the fan? As a side note, if my laptop is moved, the internet adapter fails as well (lol..) and i have to reboot for it to recognize it again. No idea if they're related.
any input is appreciated.
I've got kind of a unique situation with my laptop and I was hoping someone out there might have an idea of what's going on.
I have an Asus N53SN. I bought it a little over 2 years ago for about $900. It's got a decent graphics card (GT 550M) and I've used the laptop for gaming. after about a year I had a DC jack failure where the cord would need to be held in a certain fashion for the laptop to charge. I used my warranty with Microcenter to get it "repaired". Unfortunately I had to send it back, where they then replaced both the faulty DC jack and also replaced my motherboard.
My warranty is expired now, but the problem has actually changed. the laptop will charge, BUT if the system becomes stressed, the power connection begins to flicker again. This actually makes most games unplayable. Path of Exile, for example, will drop frames consistently and will slowly drain my battery, down to 0% after about 2 hours. Battlefield 3, while otherwise would have achieved 30FPS, is unplayable and the battery quickly drains.
Does anyone have an idea of what could cause this? could it be my graphics card failing? maybe the fan? As a side note, if my laptop is moved, the internet adapter fails as well (lol..) and i have to reboot for it to recognize it again. No idea if they're related.
any input is appreciated.
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