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| Thread ID: 108369 | 2010-03-25 22:41:00 | Feeling kinda pleased with myself | SolMiester (139) | PC World Chat |
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| 869971 | 2010-03-25 22:41:00 | Old HP NC6000 laptop out of warranty wasnt booting. No power even when ac adapter plugged in. Tech shop wanted $300+ to fix, so had a go myself. Stripped the unit totally, removed mobo, found power plug socket solder fracture on underside and repaired, test okay, reassembled and surprised myself when it started up! LOL..:clap Wicked! You should of seen the funny magnifying headset I was wearing to see the little screws etc! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 869972 | 2010-03-25 22:53:00 | Old HP NC6000 laptop out of warranty wasnt booting. No power even when ac adapter plugged in. Tech shop wanted $300+ to fix, so had a go myself. Stripped the unit totally, removed mobo, found power plug socket solder fracture on underside and repaired, test okay, reassembled and surprised myself when it started up! LOL..:clap Wicked! You should of seen the funny magnifying headset I was wearing to see the little screws etc! Yay, that gives me confidemce to try that myself on an old one!!! :punk LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 869973 | 2010-03-25 22:59:00 | Yay, that gives me confidemce to try that myself on an old one!!! :punk LL Nah. Confidence is when you try it on a new one ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 869974 | 2010-03-25 23:00:00 | Nah. Confidence is when you try it on a new one ;) lol, true that! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 869975 | 2010-03-25 23:43:00 | Yea, see those broken power sockets all the time on laptops. Been able to fix a few but my soldering skills aren't the best especially with a crap soldering iron! What I normally do is strip them down and take out the mainboard and take to a mate who repairs TVs, stereos etc all day every day and get him to do the soldering. Then I put it back together again. Did you have any screws left over after putting it back together??!! Hate it when that happens. :D |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 869976 | 2010-03-26 00:50:00 | Yea, see those broken power sockets all the time on laptops. Been able to fix a few but my soldering skills aren't the best especially with a crap soldering iron! What I normally do is strip them down and take out the mainboard and take to a mate who repairs TVs, stereos etc all day every day and get him to do the soldering. Then I put it back together again. Did you have any screws left over after putting it back together??!! Hate it when that happens. :D LOL, I spoke too early, was gonna keep quiet, however it booted up to the o/s, then died?:eek:....i did have extra screw also...however I didnt fasten everything as want to make sure all good......I have pulled it apart again, quicker this time!....no LED light to indicate power this time, just some ticking sound....oh well, live and learn! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 869977 | 2010-03-26 04:22:00 | I was about to say that you are lucky:D. It's not any easy task especially there isn't any service manual available. Seems that every Make and Model is different. Wonder why there isn't any standard layout like desktops which have a pretty standard 'format' ? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 869978 | 2010-03-26 09:19:00 | I get quite a few of those. It's surprising how high the success rate is even with mediocre soldering equipment. Very tricky though sometimes. Some models are worse than others - if it needs to be replaced, always the hard part is getting the old one out! SolMeister, I'd suggest before you give up that you check the resistance of the connection you fixed with a multimeter - it should be <1 ohm. Any more, and the join has gone bad again, and you might be luckier second time round! |
george12 (7) | ||
| 869979 | 2010-03-26 10:05:00 | just some ticking sound if it were a Bomb You better slowly -- NO Quickly run - when the ticking stops :eek: Didn't cut the red wire did ya! :D |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 869980 | 2010-03-26 10:09:00 | DON'T TURN THE POWER OFF ! Seems like you've found out what makes it tick, now you don't want to be ticked off |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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