Dead Laptop

[alanf617]

150 quid for a battery !

I'm in the wrong job



cheers,

Alan

[tw67]

have seen some cmos problems causing no boots,would suggest it might not be totally dead since your getting some led activity.Do a quick visual of usb ports checking that pins are not damaged and shorting to casing,also,check docking station(port replicator )pins for shorts to casing

[abailey152]

Originally Posted by alanf617

150 quid for a battery !

I'm in the wrong job

Erm! no! We checked the battery, and that was fine, and after checking just about everything I could fix....loose connections, bad joints, batteries etc., and finding nothing, they sent it to the company I referred to. They said that the power control circuitry was damaged. One of the rectifiers was fried, along with another chip on the mobo. This is what the £150 was for.

Not saying it was a good deal, but I would be very wary weilding a soldering iron around a laptops mobo. No telling what damage I could inflict!

[alanf617]

Well, I tried the laptop having removed the battery - still no joy. I have checked the USB ports and all the com ports and any other connectors that I could see, they all look ok to me. Pressing the reset button for 15 seconds results in the "charge" led going off for a moment, and a sore finger. It sounds like I will have to send it to the people who want my money. Poo

Thanks for your advice, anyway

Alan