Kit Bashir@Unixbigot@aus.social
@xssfox@cloudisland.nz @pjf@cloudisland.nz @LapTop006@aus.social came here to write that. The “T” is a current rating code for a self resetting poly fuse. That’s likely the next (only?) step for power coming in from the jack. It might be busted, is there electrical conductivity across it?
Paul Fenwick@pjf@cloudisland.nz
@Unixbigot@aus.social @xssfox@cloudisland.nz @LapTop006@aus.social : Extracted myself from the cat, and did some testing!
I agree with you all that it's a fuse, and now my laptop starts without a battery where previously it did not. I don't know what changed; did I shift a broken joint? Did I displace a dark spirit from its residence? I don't know.
It still doesn't start or charge when the battery is connected. It turns on for a second or two, then goes off. The battery is "new", but discharged from the last time I tried this.
