Hey there. Sorry if this is the wrong mailing list. I have a 4801.
I have a wifi card in the mini pci slot. It has a "pigtail" connected to it which runs out to an external antenna. Whenever the pigtail itself touches anything on the board, bad things happen. Usually it just locks up, and after a reset, everything is ok. The pigtail is insulated BTW. Not very thick, but insulated nonetheless. Today I was installing it into a case I built for it. Not very much room in there, but enough. I plugged it in, the lights began to blink, and within seconds a little bit of smoke came out of the case, along with a nice burned electronic smell. I unplugged it as soon as I realized what was going on, removed it from the case, and, after a few seconds, plugged it back in. It worked just fine. I made sure that nothing could possibly be shorting, and reassembled it inside its new case. This time, I plugged it in before the case was completely assembled. As I put the last few pieces together, I noticed the pigtail about to touch the board, and an instant later saw a little bit of smoke coming from near the mini pci slot. This time, the board doesn't seem to work anymore. The bios loops endlessly after the 5 second countdown. If I look on the bottom of the board, I see the green plastic around two soldered connections is a funny color. The two soldered connections correspond to the little watch-battery-looking thing with a violet band around it at the base of the mini pci slot toward the DC jack. What is that? Can I replace it? Thanks! :-)
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