For a 10 year old laptop, it will likely be much faster/easier (not to mention cheaper) to find another of the same model on ebay, maybe with a broken screen, and swap parts, than it would be to actually repair the circuitry on the board.
I understand the reasoning behind not just getting a different model altogether, but 10 years is really pushing the limits of laptop life expectancy. I am on my 3rd Latitude D800 (with parts from the first 2 still going) and am about to start looking for my 4th parts donor.... All that said, it is far more likely to be the battery itself as Joe Pruett stated. This is just based on my experience. Since you have a spare battery, this should be very easy to test. -wes On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Eitan Tsur <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a ~10(?) year old laptop that has recently stopped charging it's > battery. (few days ago it stopped charging past ~30%, ran on battery for 5 > minutes, laptop died, now shows 0% charge). Does anyone know what the > first > step would be to diagnose this issue? Laptop itself powers up just fine on > wall power, and I have a spare battery I can try to verify it isn't a blown > fuse or something in this pack. If I can find a 7 pin 2mm pitch header I > plan to hook up my li-ion charger/balancer to the pack to recharge, however > I fear the charging circuit on the motherboard may have gone out. Assuming > this is the case, does anyone have the knowledge or experience to > diagnose/repair this? I've done SMD rework before, but circuit > design/reverse engineering/testing is beyond me. Any advice will be > appreciated. > > regards, > -Eitan Tsur- > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
