HP AC adapter overheating

I have a Pavilion dv8000. Recently, I noticed that the AC adpater becomes super hot... like, I don't want to leave on a surface for too long for fear of start a sort of fire of hot water; This seems only to be a problem when I installed laptop battery and the AC adapter is plugged in. When the battery is not installed, the AC adapter will not nearly as hot.

I already checked HP Web site and my battery is not on the recall list. I ran several tests on the AC adapter according to the HP website and it seems too thin.

I wonder if anyone has experienced this and how they have solved. Is it just a case of me having to buy a new AC adapter, battery, or both? Or maybe none of the above?

Thanks for your help!

Thanks for your response! Yes, "super hot" is a bit of the goal isn't! It's too hot to hold in your hand without feeling as if your hand will burn. I looked at the adapter and is only 65W and I wonder too if it was underpowering my laptop. Before run out and buy a new adapter well, I guess that HP could have specifications on the recommended maximum power, that I'll check now. If you happen to know or have any other comments, I'd love to hear from you. Thank you!

After writing the foregoing, I did research... in the month of April I got a 250 G hard drive installed in my laptop. previously, he was the factory 80G hard drive standard. From my reading, it seems that 65W is perhaps too low a power the new drive hard and other components of the laptop. So, I ordered a 90W AC adapter and will give a shot... If all goes well, it did the trick!

Message edited by spklassen on 09/12/2009 17:12

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