Can't charge Laptop as AC connection broken

Sanjna · 03-25-2009, 07:56 PM

Hi,
I have a Phillips Freevents X55 laptop which unfortunately I dropped and the AC connection port seems to have broken. As it's pretty old now, I have no idea what I can do to salvage it. I don't want to lose all my data either and only have about 45 mins remaining on the battery life so don't want to use it all up fiddling around with it either. Is there any other way of charging the battery perhaps without having to buy a new laptop or is it just going to be cheaper to buy a new one after all this time? I got it in 2006.

Thanks! :)

**TriggerFinger** · 03-26-2009, 10:34 AM

If you want to save your files, remove your HDD and hook it up in another computer via a USB/IDE/SATA adapter.

03-25-2009, 07:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sanjna Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP	Can't charge Laptop as AC connection broken Hi, I have a Phillips Freevents X55 laptop which unfortunately I dropped and the AC connection port seems to have broken. As it's pretty old now, I have no idea what I can do to salvage it. I don't want to lose all my data either and only have about 45 mins remaining on the battery life so don't want to use it all up fiddling around with it either. Is there any other way of charging the battery perhaps without having to buy a new laptop or is it just going to be cheaper to buy a new one after all this time? I got it in 2006. Thanks! :)

03-26-2009, 10:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,846 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Can't charge Laptop as AC connection broken If you want to save your files, remove your HDD and hook it up in another computer via a USB/IDE/SATA adapter. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE