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Fried MOBO? Weird Power/LED issue

  • 03-04-2008 09:51AM
    #1
    DeadParrot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,764 ✭✭✭


    My trusty HP dv1010ca died on me last night.
    Was just browsing away and suddenly, pop, dead.
    No LED when trying to power up
    No LED when plugging in
    Weird one.
    Power LED is fine on the transformer brick when not connected to the laptop
    but when I plug it in the LED on the brick starts flashing and 'clicking'.

    Sound like a dead notebook or a loose DC connector on the laptop?


Comments

  • #2
    majiktripp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    Sounds like something has shorted out and is trying to draw too much power from the AC adapter. Try removing the stick of ram or the battery from the laptop, then try and power it on solely from the AC adapter.There aren't many other otpions for removing internal compnents in a laptop (maybe the wireless card & hard drive) but generally if these don't fix the issue then its more than likely the motherboard.


  • #3
    DeadParrot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,764 ✭✭✭DeadParrot


    majiktripp wrote: »
    Sounds like something has shorted out and is trying to draw too much power from the AC adapter. Try removing the stick of ram or the battery from the laptop, then try and power it on solely from the AC adapter.There aren't many other otpions for removing internal compnents in a laptop (maybe the wireless card & hard drive) but generally if these don't fix the issue then its more than likely the motherboard.


    cheers thanks
    Tried all the about before posting so it looks like the motherboard.
    Which means it'd cost more to repair the thing than replace it (relatively speaking).
    I'm going to have a look tomorrow with a soldering iron and see if it is (hopefully) a brittle piece of solder broken off that has caused it


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