Dell Inspiron N4110 — AC Adapter Not Recognized, System Running Slow
My Dell INS-N4110 laptop has been around for roughly 5 years. It's no powerhouse but I wouldn't call it much of a slouch either. Just recently, it's started randomly getting slow; games would lag and even Chrome would run like it was being processed on a Win98. Pulling the power and taking out the battery for a few minutes fixed the problem a few times, but now it's not even succumbing to that.
After doing a reboot with all of the original services/startup programs (did this by accident, mind you) — Dell Quickset was re-enabled and a message popped up telling me that my AC power adapter could no longer be recognized and that I needed to plug in an official 65W charger. This IS the original charger the laptop came with. Okay, so I need a new charger; that should be a 2 week wait. HOWEVER, Dell's shadiness showed itself when I found out that until a new charger is plugged in, the system throttles down the CPU which is the exact reason why my games/programs are underperforming.
Is there any way that I can bypass this and get the laptop back to its original speed until I can get my hands on a charger?
My Dell INS-N4110 laptop has been around for roughly 5 years. It's no powerhouse but I wouldn't call it much of a slouch either. Just recently, it's started randomly getting slow; games would lag and even Chrome would run like it was being processed on a Win98. Pulling the power and taking out the battery for a few minutes fixed the problem a few times, but now it's not even succumbing to that.
After doing a reboot with all of the original services/startup programs (did this by accident, mind you) — Dell Quickset was re-enabled and a message popped up telling me that my AC power adapter could no longer be recognized and that I needed to plug in an official 65W charger. This IS the original charger the laptop came with. Okay, so I need a new charger; that should be a 2 week wait. HOWEVER, Dell's shadiness showed itself when I found out that until a new charger is plugged in, the system throttles down the CPU which is the exact reason why my games/programs are underperforming.
Is there any way that I can bypass this and get the laptop back to its original speed until I can get my hands on a charger?
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel Core i3 2330M @ 2.20GHz8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Dell)
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
- CPU
- Intel Core i3 2330M @ 2.20GHz
- Motherboard
- Dell Inc. 05TM8C (CPU)
- Memory
- 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Dell)
- Hard Drives
- 596GB Western Digital WDC WD6400BPVT-75HXZT3 (SATA)
- Antivirus
- Microsoft Security Essentials, Malwarebytes
- Browser
- Google Chrome
