Intermittent Charging / Not Charging even with AC Adapter Plugged In - DELL

franciscodnn

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Hello, my laptop is a Dell New Inspiron 15R 5547. When I plugg the ac adapter, the status of charging switch intermittently between charging / not charging, even with the ac adapter always plugged. I've changed the places to charge, but the problem continues. Does anybody have this problem?
 

psycrow395

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hello there have you tried posting in the laptop tech support forums? also i would suggest trying another laptop charger and see if that helps, it could also could possibly be a bad charging port but im not sure hope this helps
 

-jakeh-

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I'm sure you have already resolved this somehow, but I was searching for solutions and wish I had found what I did to "fix" it.

There is an ID pin in the center of the charging plug that has to align with a 2 pin prong inside the charging port (dead center). Anyway, this pin became unaligned and I just needed to mess with the pins inside the jack (the 2 center pins, not the 4 outer pins) until it charged. We'll see how long this holds. Good luck anyone googling this like me.
 

franciscodnn

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Thanks for suggesting this procedure. Since my notebook was under warranty, Dell changed both ac adapter and charger. However, I will keep in mind this procedure, in case of this problem occurs again.