Some clarifications and a couple of questions:
- when you say "power cord", that can mean either the (detachable) wire from the AC outlet in the wall to the power supply (aka, AC adapter) or the wire from the power supply to the laptop (which is permanently attached)
- was the "new power cord" you bought the entire power supply with AC cord?
- I'm assuming that when you say the power supply doesn't charge your computer, it also doesn't operate it if the battery is removed, correct?
- the green light on the power supply simply means that it is receiving AC power from the wall outlet. It does not mean that the appropriate voltage is getting out to the end of the cord which plugs into the laptop (aka, DC plug). And now that I think about it, the only factory power supply that I've seen that has a green light built in are the universal AC/DC adapters. This begs the question: is there an FRU number on the supply?
To determine if the power supply is providing the correct DC voltage, you would need to connect a voltmeter to the DC plug. Depending upon the type of system you have, it would either be 16V or 20V. Since you've tried at least two different power supplies and they both don't work, then I can assume that the laptop has some sort of power problem. It could be as simple as a loose DC jack or a problem with the motherboard.
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Ray Kawakami
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