Glen Barber wrote:
Hi, Chris
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Chris Whitehouse <cwhi...@onetel.com> wrote:
Hi all
very sorry for this OT post, does anyone know of a good usenet or other
forum to ask about laptop hardware repair? My quite expensive and now
out-of-warranty HP laptop has suddenly become very dead and I'm in shock :((
Even though it's (OT), maybe some of us could be able to help. What's
the problem?
I will try the HP support forums as suggested but...
It's a nc6320 (RH383ET#ABU) and was in good condition not too much used
and has never given trouble. It was booting, with mains and battery
plugged in, when it suddenly and instantaneously lost power. Now it is
completely dead, no LEDS. It made a couple of clicks as it died, one of
which might have been the hard disk head parking.
The power supply is showing what looks like the right voltage. The
battery has 6 connectors, I tested between all combinations of pairs but
all were zero voltage. I also tested between all pairs of battery
connector pins in the back of the laptop with the power plugged in, also
zero voltage.
I am suspicious of the battery showing zero, I think it might need wake
up power from the laptop. Does anyone know if this is the case and what
pins need power?
I left the power supply plugged in and it and an area on the underside
of the laptop were mildly warm after some time so some current is flowing.
That's all I can say. I will take the hard disk out and test. Luckily it
didn't have critical data on it. I'm also competent to dismantle the
laptop if anyone can suggest a fix.
Thanks
Chris
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