Is my Power Supply Unit fried?

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Published on 2011-01-09T18:29:15Z Indexed on 2011/01/09 18:55 UTC
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So my laptop just started smoking where I plug my charger in. I run a netbook, the Acer Aspire One.

My charger won't charge it, because when I plug my charger into the netbook, the charging light that indicates the netbook is receiving power turns off.

Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot where the problem is and what should I do now? Is just my charger fried and should I replace it. Or could there also be a problem with my netbook and do I need to look for other problems?

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