I found the fuse, but it wasn’t blown 🥲 I’ve looked over the board, and watched some repair videos but I haven’t found anything. I’ve called it dead now.

Nope, no signs of life with the battery removed and on wall power only. I believe the battery was not to blame, but something went wrong that caused it to also drain the battery. I will check the battery anyway and report back if I find anything interesting. Thanks for the helpful link.

Ah, I realise my wording was very confusing there. I meant: Because the inductor is NOT the problem - I don’t have any idea what the problem is - therefore the LAPTOP is dead (not the inductor)😂

That’s a great tip, but unfortunately the power supply is not turning off. I will refer to this next time though 👌

Current passes through it unfortunately, maybe it’s possible there is a short between coils though. The inductor doesn’t get hot or anything when plugged in.

• I think I’ve managed to check the battery voltage, and it seems completely dead (mV).
• I can measure 20v on the PCB whe n plugged in.
• No fan, no LEDs, etc with either power source. There might be the slightest electrical squeek from somewhere, I will try and find out what …

Even if I don’t manage to fix it. Thanks for the suggestions 👍

Great advice, but unfortunately I’ve checked. 20V from the supply (measured on the laptop PCB), everything removed except the ram because I only have one compatible stick - I did swap the slot though.

Just the continuity test 😅

Thanks. I guess I was just hoping it would be an easy find and fix. The beep confirmed hope is lost 🥲

I’ve never visited the site before so I just assumed it was just malicious, but as @zdanger said, it might be a hijacked legit site.

I do use uBlock. It also didn’t ‘feel’ like an ad. I now expect the site was compromised as you suggested.

Thanks for that. I also didn’t know about that shortcut until now. It will be very helpful 👍😁

I can’t actually make it copy 😅 I’ve now also tried in Firefox and Chrome but it still hasn’t worked.

Thanks, that’s very interesting to know. I assumed it was just a malicious site before.

motorandwheels(dot)com

• I think it would be best if it isn’t clickable

I’ve also noticed, it doesn’t always come up but let me know if it does for you.

I agree the reference design is called that because the other manufacturers base their designs on it, but these cards are using exactly that design - without any changes.

Sapphire

MSI

Gigabyte

AMD

Thanks for your answer.

Please forgive me, but I strongly believe they are reference cards. I’m referring to the cards built by those different manufacturers, but still using the reference design - all having identical pcbs and coolers - the cards that all look the same, despite having a different brand on the box.

I don’t mean the cards that are designed by those manufacturers and look completely different.

Thanks for the great answer 👍😁

Do you consider sapphire to be morally responsible compared to others? Also, I’m curious, is there a case of one being responsible for a drought that you’re referring to?

I was trying to send from a wormhole app, which I now see doesn’t work with the website.

Ahh, I see. I’ve got a wormhole app on my phone which I was trying to use to send from. I guess it just can’t work with that website. Thanks

I use wormhole, but when I’ve wanted to use that website for receiving, I can never tell how to do it.

Can you actually use that site to receive files?

Thanks. I’ll consider that. What makes you decide one manufacturer is better than another?