I have a diy edition 11th gen i5 laptop, a while ago I lost my official framework charger and I have been using a cheap aftermarket 45 watt usb c charger. Today I realized that neither of the 2 laptops I would charge with this aftermarket charger would consistently charge. I thought this might be because the hardwired usb c connector on the charger must be wearing out, however when I tried either of the laptops with a variety of other chargers they would not power on. I tried the framework laptop with a low power 15 watt charger and the charging indicator would light up but seemingly show an error code. If anyone has any advice on this please let me know.
I tried a few 30 watt chargers that charged the laptop in the past and they didn’t charge it either. I also tried a different pd charger that was either 45 watts or 65 watts and that didn’t work either.
The laptop will not boot, no fan spin, display off. The charging indicator will not turn on with a regular pd charger, the charging indicator will show an error code with low power 15 watt usb a to usb charger.
This has been resolved, I used a 5 volt charger to initialize the laptop then plugged in another 45 watt charger and the laptop worked.
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