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Anyone know what this is?

  • 10-08-2008 8:13pm
    #1
    Romantic S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭


    Hi,

    Does anyone know what this is?

    I'm talking about the green thing. has a box into which 8 bronze prongs plug into it. It is just beneath the power switch on my Dell 1501. One of the holes under neath it though is damaged and as a result I can't get sound on my laptop. I tried googling the codes on it in the hope of finding out what the devil it is so I could get another one but to no avail. I would appreciate any help.
    image001pd8.th.jpg

    Here are the codes:
    C2A 32FX2DB(could be an 8)008

    GXB-VDA 94V-D04 0646


Comments

  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Do the media controls connect into it, if so it would control all that functionality.


  • #3
    Romantic S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Romantic S


    What do you mean by media controls?

    I was poking around at the prongs with a screwdriver and accidentally hotwired the laptop to turn it on. All the prongs work, I've checked them with a phase tester.


  • #4
    AlmightyCushion
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    Buttons like play, pause, fast forward, increase volume, decrease volume etc.


  • #5
    Romantic S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Romantic S


    No. It is not usually uncovered. It looks like a circuit board


  • #6
    Lazarus2.0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭Lazarus2.0


    Is it the numlock/caps lock/scroll/wifi buttons to the left of the power button in this image ? ... http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/18109.jpg


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  • #7
    Romantic S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Romantic S


    Yes, the green light is the picture is the WiFi light.


  • #8
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    nessyguin wrote: »
    Is it the numlock/caps lock/scroll/wifi buttons to the left of the power button in this image ? ... http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/18109.jpg

    They aren't buttons, they're just lights.

    Do you have a bigger picture of it. That one is very small.


  • #9
    Lazarus2.0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭Lazarus2.0


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    They aren't buttons, they're just lights.

    My bad ! I need to get my eyes fixed :pac:


  • #10
    Romantic S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Romantic S


    Image005ef8.jpg
    Image004c47.jpg

    Image002426.jpg

    I hope these help.


  • #11
    Cosine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 344 ✭✭Cosine


    I was working in Dell untill 2 weeks ago and have built more of those then I care to think about

    As few as I'm aware that circuit board is only the laptops power board. It could be shorting out other parts of the laptop though. Your best bet is to try and send it back to Dell. its a 30 sec job to replace and I'm not sure where you can get the power board but ebay might be your best bet


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  • #12
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,407 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Are their any leads running from the keyboard to it?

    I remember reading somewhere that Dell have a secret agreement with the US government since 9/11 to log each and every keypress of a computer for transmission to Us government servers each time the laptop is connected to the internet.

    In this way potential terrorist plots are discovered as the terrorists type them out.

    :P


  • #13
    Romantic S
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Romantic S


    Cosine wrote: »
    I was working in Dell untill 2 weeks ago and have built more of those then I care to think about

    As few as I'm aware that circuit board is only the laptops power board. It could be shorting out other parts of the laptop though. Your best bet is to try and send it back to Dell. its a 30 sec job to replace and I'm not sure where you can get the power board but ebay might be your best bet

    Power board. Found one on ebay, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.


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