heh, this issue sounds a bit like the issue that wife 2.0's middle child presented me with. "My computer isn't charging the battery."
Her momma (wife 2.0) lets her take her PC (and A/C adapter) and has her leave her's (the stepdaughter's) at the house for me to check out.
I get home, look over the A/C adapter and see the cord on it (on the adapter side, not the easily replaceable power cord side) nearly sheared at one point and nicked badly in another spot, obviously not so well cared for.
Stepdaughter better not even think of installing software on her momma's laptop (which now must be thoroughly scanned before it gets back on the home network
) and she better treat that A/C adapter with more care than the one she dropped off at my house.
Just about anyone that even looked at the A/C adapter she had dropped off would have done the Captain Obvious routine and said, uh, that right there is why it isn't charging. She's lucky she didn't shock the bejeezus outta herself, and just as lucky she didn't start a fire thanks to the frayed wiring.
Glad you were able to find and fix your issue though. Good to know you got it running nicely again