It's the small things in life. So it is that when your car battery dies, you can jump-start the engine using generic cables sold by any of the thousands of retail locations that stock the item. And ...

The standard power adapter for Apple laptops is a work of art. The Magsafe connector has saved more than one laptop owned by the Hackaday crew, and the power brick with interchangeable plugs for ...

It seems that there’s a whole range of Toshiba Satellite laptop computers that suffer from a power jack design that is prone to breaking. We see some good and some bad in this. The jack is not mounted ...

One of the most peculiar instances we have noticed is that a perfectly normal laptop starts lagging, hanging, and slowing down when plugged into a power supply. In this post, we will see what can be ...

Apple's PowerBooks and iBooks are generally well-made, value-for-money machines, but they suffer from a critical design flaw – the tip of the AC power adapter is prone to breaking off inside the power ...

If your laptop battery isn't charging, first make sure there is no problem with your power adapter and cable. On a modern laptop that charges via USB-C, make sure you're using the right USB-C port.

Sometimes, your Windows 11/10 laptop may throw an error saying No battery is detected. There may be several reasons why this error occurs. Here are a few easy-to ...

Apple’s PowerBooks and iBooks are generally well-made, value-for-money machines, but they suffer from a critical design flaw — the tip of the AC power adapter is prone to breaking off inside the power ...