Bad power socket, or bad solder connection.. Common problem. Not worth fixing. You will see two dozen X31 Ultrabase units on eBay for under $10 before you find a replacement power socket that will cost you $27 plus the cost of somebody skilled in cold solder to melt the new one onto the card.
RayBay ________ I was surprised by the first few years of getting paid for doing nothing. In time, doing nothing became its own sort of challenge. ... .... ..... ...... Wally Dilbert On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Jon Mørch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone. I just bought an extra x31 + ultrabase on ebay. It was sold as > defective with no error explanation. Thought I could get it going, but > alas... =( > > Problem is it wont recognize power input. same goes for the ultrabase, so > im thinking psu probably burnt one intake, and then the guy i bought it > from, tried the other one and fried that one as well. He had some "lame" > excuse for not including the psu in the sale, as he would use it for his new > pc, but im thinking it was fried and he knew it. > > The psu I am using now is working, as I use it for my primary x31 but it > wont turn the ebay one on, with or without battery inserted. However if i > take my freshly charged battery from my working x31, the ebay one comes on > and seems to work flawlessly. Same goes for inserting battery in the > ultrabase, or letting it power from the laptop. All works. It just wont take > power from psu , which in effect makes both devices useless. > > So what I really need is help for a verdict: Strip the parts that can be > reused, or is there any solution to make either device working again? I have > no soldering experience, but wouldnt be afraid to give it a try, as the > alternative is worse, I think.. > > Any input/ideas would be appreciated... > > Thx, Jon > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
