Alternates between AC and Battery power

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my laptop keeps "switching" to battery power even though the AC power
cord is securely attached to the computer. I then just simply unattach

then reinsert the cord. Although Compaq think it is a hardware issue I

find this hard to believe since if I try to purposely "loosen" it it
does not switch to battery. IT just seems to happen randomly.

The timing is such that it seems to be a recent windows update.


Suggestions? Thoughts?


I did find this post which describes a similar issue:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?p=6621443#post6621443 .
(although I do not have a separate charger).

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