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intermittent charging

  • June 19, 2025
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I have a razer blade 15 advanced that does not charge properly. When the laptop is plugged in the charging switches on and off (seems to be entirely random). However, when starting the laptop it usually works good for about a minute, then it starts to go crazy. Some times it switches back and forth 5 times in seconds and sometimes it takes 10-15 seconds. 


I’ve had it at a laptop repair center, they said that play in the port is most likely not the issue as the intermittent charging happens unprovoked with the laptop on a table. It doesn’t seem to care when you wiggle the connector, the charging status changes independently. I’ve tried two chargers with no change. It works fine on pure battery drive and works fine without battery installed (just charger connected) I’ve been informed. It was tested with another battery which made no difference either. 

the screen goes black every time the charging state changes (maybe switching between onboard graphics and the GPU) rendering the laptop unusable while plugged in. Also lengthens charge time.

something else I’ve noticed is that the keyboard backlight works a bit weird, sometimes it doesn’t work when the charger is plugged in and sometimes (right now) it doesn’t work at all. I don’t know if it matters but then also, maybe it does.

 

RZ09-0409, 3080, 11th gen I9 if I remember correctly and the 4K Oled screen if it matters.

 

What is the next step? I need help.

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yeah i have the same laptop as you, and I'm dealing with the intermittent charging issue, i checked my port there is no play, when it does charge and i wiggle/jiggle the charger port, it still charges, the charging just seems to flicker when ever it wants to, And I've done some looking around, apparently this issue is wide spread on most of their gaming laptops razer refuses to acknowledge this issue or even offer a fix except charging you a ton of money to replace the mobo