HP smart adapter... pain in the ***!?

Question

I have a hp compaq laptop running windows 7. It is coming up on 2 years old this summer. It really has worked fine and i haven't had any complaints up until now. It is starting to run a little slower and this goddamn Smart adapter pops up ever 15 seconds and i cant make it stop. I don't know what to do please help.!!

Answer 1

As a last resort you might need to fdisk, reformat your HP laptop hard disk clean and reinstall OS. Before going that route, try following simple fixes to see if the problem goes away.



Remove the battery and charger/ac adapter/power cord from your HP laptop, press and hold the power button for 20 seconds to discharge any residual current inside the laptop. This clears your RAM and is like a hardware reset. Replace the battery and charger/ac adapter/power cord and turn your laptop on.



Uninstall unnecessary programs and applications.



Scan with a antivirus program



Scan with a spyware/malware program



DEFRAG C:



CHKDSK C:



Clean up and repair registry problems.



Use external harddrive for all your future downloads.



If the problem persists, did you check if it could be your laptop power cord or power source problem? Defective or insufficient power supply might cause error messages that are misleading. Take the battery out and power on your HP with the charger only. Make sure your laptop power jack and charger plug tip are securely connected. Did you notice the power jack loose? You can find laptop power jack on ebay. Fixing and soldering the power jack requires professional skill though.



The charger green/blue LED should be on. If not, replace the defective charger. HP laptop battery charger has its own limited lifespan and does not last forever, consider buying a lifetime warranty charger online from company like topmic.com

Answer 2

Hp Smart Adapter

Answer 3

it sounds like you might have spyware or a virus.

What you should do is run a virus scanner like AVG.

if no results then scan with Malware Bytes Anti Malware.



if nothing then backup your files. ex. music, pictures, documents and videos.

then do a system restore to a date before the problem started.

if all that does not solve the problem. then as a LAST RESORT!!! do a system recovery by starting up your computer in recovery mode. do a search on help and support on your computer by going to Start - Help and Support.



Make sure that you have backed up ALL your files as the system recovery WILL DELETE ALL YOUR FILES!!!



Hope this helps.

Answer 4

yes