Ahh! My power adapter has just died!

It was plugged into a powerboard, I unplugged it to move to another room, plugged inot another powerpoint and it's now not working on any powerpoint. No light, no lights on the battery, no symbol, nothing...
Any tricks? I can't afford a new powerpack! I've only got about an hour and a half left of power...

Hooray! It's ok, it's working again. I just unplugged the cord from the actual adapter, blew into the socket and tried again. Must have been some dust in there or soemthing!

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