ssj92 Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 I got a m4600 originally to dissect the 2960XM from it for my Alienware M18xR1. It originally needed a bottom cover, cpu fan and battery. I ended up getting it all minus the battery. I did borrow a battery from a M4800 and found out it doesn't charge. All my AC Adapters (180w, 210w, 330w, 240w) show us as unknown ac adapter. I replaced the dc jack recently and it still has the same issue. Is it a motherboard issue? Was hoping to get it fully running at this point. Alienware m18 : Intel Core i9 13900HX @ 5.0Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 4090 | K1675 | 2x1TB SSDs Alienware Area-51M : Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.3Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 2080 | AX210 | Samsung 970 Evo+ Alienware M18x R2 : Intel Core i7 3920XM @ 4.7Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 3000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 PRO Alienware 18 : Intel Core i7 4930MX @ 4.5Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 5000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 NVMe More Laps: M14x (555m) | M14xR2 (650m) | M15x (980m) | M17xR3 (880m) | M18xR1 (RTX 5000) DT: Aurora R4 (i9 10980XE/RTX 4070) | Area-51 R2 (22-Core Xeon/Titan V) | SR-2 [2x6-Core/3x980Ti] | CS Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CSStudiosYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentninja727 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Hi ssj92, I have the same problem with my M4600 with a charging issue too. My laptop adapter is PA-1151-06D2, and it doesn't charge, but I use the M4800 original laptop ac adapter to M4600 it charges fine. Did you try to use the M4800 laptop ac adapter to M4600? Try to swap the M4800 CMOS battery for the M4600 Battery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MyPC8MyBrain Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 9/13/2022 at 5:09 PM, ssj92 said: Is it a motherboard issue? its likely a very old battery, materials inside degraded to the point it cannot hold charge, from your description it is clear that your system boots just fine with no errors, try removing the old battery form the chassis and see if you get the same behavior, the impossible is not impossible, its just haven't been done yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 3 hours ago, MyPC8MyBrain said: its likely a very old battery, materials inside degraded to the point it cannot hold charge, from your description it is clear that your system boots just fine with no errors, try removing the old battery form the chassis and see if you get the same behavior, Battery is fine. It’s from my M4800 which works perfectly fine with battery. It’s most likely motherboard , either way I sold the M4600. Alienware m18 : Intel Core i9 13900HX @ 5.0Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 4090 | K1675 | 2x1TB SSDs Alienware Area-51M : Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.3Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 2080 | AX210 | Samsung 970 Evo+ Alienware M18x R2 : Intel Core i7 3920XM @ 4.7Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 3000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 PRO Alienware 18 : Intel Core i7 4930MX @ 4.5Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 5000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 NVMe More Laps: M14x (555m) | M14xR2 (650m) | M15x (980m) | M17xR3 (880m) | M18xR1 (RTX 5000) DT: Aurora R4 (i9 10980XE/RTX 4070) | Area-51 R2 (22-Core Xeon/Titan V) | SR-2 [2x6-Core/3x980Ti] | CS Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CSStudiosYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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