Adapter Qosmio F30 AC fried (burnt cables) is it the fault of notebooks?

Laptop = Qosmio F30/695ls

I was wondering if other people have encountered this problem? Is this a fault in the design of the adapter? The adapter model number is; * PA3237U-3ACA. *.

The cord was fine until today (looked perfect) death of my laptop I thought it has not been plugged in properly checked if all parties, but each has been connected - then I noticed a melted part where wiring has been merged with plastic sheath. (just after the elbow on the wire protector which leads to the laptop leaves the ac adopter)

I would just replace it immediately if I know it's only fault the adaptors - however I am worried there is a problem with the laptop itself. In the last few weeks, I noticed a very high frequency noise coming from him. Sometimes near the back where the power cable is connected and other times near the waterfront where the battery and HARD drive are (the drive is new and only a few months old) the laptop itself is almost 3 years old bought in June 2006. I'm afraid that the AC adapter has damaged the internal power system or the internal power supply was to damage and killed the adapter? Does anyone know how to check if the laptop is damaged internally or if it's just the AC adopter? I don't want to just replace the adapter and end up frying the motherboard!

I have a second battery with a few minutes of charge, so if you need me to check anything on the laptop I can (operating system is vista)

Any ideas at all about the cause of the problem, welcome!

Oh PS. I live in Ireland, the electric current that he 220V and it is also connected to the Earth, I use an adopter plug multi protected against overvoltages.

Hello

> Does anyone know of a way to check if the laptop is damaged internally or if it's just the AC adopter? I don't want to just replace the adapter and end up frying the motherboard!
You can easily test.
Simply unplug the AC adapter and check if the laptop works correctly using only the power of the battery.
Generally, the laptop can not damage the AC adapter! As far as I know technically this is not possible then I guess that your adapter is defective and must be replaced

See you soon

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