It seems that the the end of the power plug (the center pin) is broken.
I have a HP 8710p, and this AC adapter ---> [url]
What I'm asking for is a picture, or a rough explanation of how LONG is the gold'ish connector (the center pin) inside that plug.
I'm asking because I want to find out whether it's the motherboard power connector that's broken or if the center pin inside the DC power plug somehow broke and doesn't provide the power..
I have an 8710p:
Seagate 320g
C2D T7500 2.2ghz
4 Gigs of ram
Quadro NVS 320m
Windows Vista Biz 64bit
Latest build, BIOS and Drivers
Problem 1 When I listen to music at full volume the laptop BSOD's (only full volume)
This is the error from the the bsod:
The driver detected a controller error on DeviceIdeIdePort4. (With an event ID of 11)
Problem 2 When I check the report, it says:
(Under system)
This is every time i start the computer:
The speed of processor 0 is being limited by system firmware. The processor has been in this reduced performance state for 0 seconds since the last report.
The speed of processor 1 is being limited by system firmware. The processor has been in this reduced performance state for 0 seconds since the last report.
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