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    Compaq up in smokes?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bored7one4, Sep 20, 2004.

  1. bored7one4

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    my friend give me this compaw persario 12XL300 notebook to use to surf the net, it's an old notebook with a celeron processor with 5gb of hard drives space. i got home and use it for one day but the next day when i turned it on, there was smoke coming out of where i plug the power line in for the charger. Now when i plug the charger in, it won't charge the Batteries but the note is still working fine just the batteriese won't charge. can anyone tell how much it would cost to fix this problem and where to get it fix? i dont want to spend alot of money on this notebook since im only using it to surf the net and write word doc's.



    thanks
     
    bored7one4, Sep 20, 2004
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    Smoke is a bad sign, that notebook isn't worth more then 200$ from the parts you mentioned. I would think any repair at the least will be 100 probably a lot more. If it works but can't charge then your charging system/power system has a problem. That's normaly part of the motherboard. So a repair would cost a lot! Id say if you can get a free estatement go for it otherwise its not worth it.

    Compaq R3000T (CTO)
    P4 Desktop 3.0GHz w/HT
    1 X 512MB RAM
    Radeon 9600 128MB
    60GB 5,400 RPM HD
    AquaMark3: 24,257, 3DMark03: 3,115
     
    DaGreek, Sep 20, 2004
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    hey i found on ebay a use one that will not power up. should i buy that on and replace the parts?
     
    bored7one4, Sep 20, 2004
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    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=60266&item=6708250334&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

    can i buy this part?
     
    bored7one4, Sep 20, 2004
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    can someone help me with this?

    thanks
     
    bored7one4, Sep 20, 2004
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    What im thinking is that if the notebook still runs perfectly fine then theres no problem with the motherboard is that right??


    all i need to to replace the power jack
    ?

    thanks
     
    bored7one4, Sep 20, 2004
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    most times the power connection is sodered right to the motherboard so it can't be replaced without replacing the board.

    Compaq R3000T (CTO)
    P4 Desktop 3.0GHz w/HT
    1 X 512MB RAM
    Radeon 9600 128MB
    60GB 5,400 RPM HD
    AquaMark3: 24,257, 3DMark03: 3,115
     
    DaGreek, Sep 21, 2004
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    but if i could replace the part then that is the right part to buy right?
     
    bored7one4, Sep 23, 2004
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    ????? someone please
     
    bored7one4, Sep 23, 2004
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    you should use a screwdriver or something to take out the power jack first to see if u can spot any obvious problems [you are gonna have to take it out anyways to replace].

    also, its 8 bucks, it wouldnt hurt to try it... but it might be a pain to install though...

    --Inspiron 8600, 1.8 ghz, wsxga+, 60 gb 7200 rpm, 256+512mb pc2700, 128 mb radeon 9600--
     
    z3phrn, Sep 24, 2004
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by z3phrn
     
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    Venombite, Sep 24, 2004
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