Timeline for Unable to charge HP NoteBook 840 G4 laptop while being overseas
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| Aug 20, 2018 at 22:35 | vote | accept | TiredOfProgramming | ||
| Aug 20, 2018 at 22:33 | answer | added | TiredOfProgramming | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 19, 2018 at 6:26 | history | edited | user67108 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 18, 2018 at 20:18 | comment | added | undercat | I'd like to point out that a cursory Google search for "hp elitebook 840 g4 not charging" shows that many other users are having the same issue as you, so it really seems like a poorly timed hardware failure. | |
| Aug 18, 2018 at 3:01 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | I'm voting to close this question as off topic because it has nothing to do with travel. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 22:45 | comment | added | jcm | Is it normal for US employers to have employees working while on holiday? | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 21:11 | comment | added | Andrew Lazarus | I'm going to guess your 'brick' has died. If you really want to work, I'd look for a replacement brick, at least to test the hypothesis. I've never had a problem with the universal adapters. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 20:53 | comment | added | TiredOfProgramming | The adapter works perfectly fine, I can charge my “bought in America” iPhone with no problem | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 19:17 | comment | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | Plug something else right into the adapter (like a lamp, for example) and make sure that item works. It should accept the local plugs as well as your US style. This is a better check than using a test lamp or multimeter because it can't be fooled by capacitive coupling etc. If it doesn't then either the adapter or the wall socket power is bad. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 18:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/1030515078418898946 | ||
| Aug 17, 2018 at 17:48 | comment | added | Peter Green | What do you mean by "A voltage checker device"? | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 17:30 | answer | added | Rui F Ribeiro | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 16:07 | comment | added | user71659 | Those multi-country adapters are non-standard and really don't meet safety standards. You should try getting the correct cable from the wall to the brick and try that. At minimum, try plugging some other appliance into the white adapter. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 15:35 | comment | added | shoover | Did you push the adapter all the way into the spring-loaded European outlet, or just enough so that the two pins rattle loosely? | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 14:46 | comment | added | Max | Maybe your laptop is sending you a message that you are on vacations ? | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 14:11 | comment | added | Richard Beasley | Maybe the white adaptor you are using is broken. Have you tried a different one? | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 14:11 | answer | added | hmakholm left over Monica | timeline score: 24 | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 13:00 | comment | added | David Richerby | @JacobHorbulyk It's really hard to imagine anybody making a laptop power adaptor that would only work in North America. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 12:47 | comment | added | TiredOfProgramming | @JacobHorbulyk I added screenshots for clarifications. The white adapter is the one I used several years ago and it was working perfectly fine with my personal laptop. The third image is the black box in the middle of my power cord where it can be seen that power cord accepts range of inputs | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 12:45 | history | edited | TiredOfProgramming | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 17, 2018 at 12:34 | comment | added | Jacob Horbulyk | Did you ensure that your US laptop’s adapter can handle 240 V instead of the typical US 120V ? | |
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| Aug 17, 2018 at 12:23 | history | asked | TiredOfProgramming | CC BY-SA 4.0 |