Power is not reaching laptop, can't boot up. Any ideas?

Something happened to my dv6700t last weekend. While it is connected to the power outlet, but its not charging the battery or powering the laptop directly, so my laptop is not even starting. But I have some real important info on my hard drive, and I was working on some important projects. I can connect the hard drive to an external usb cable and maybe extract the files, but there is some important info written in my sticky notes and whole setup would take a long time if I were to use another laptop. I have a old Dell D630 lying around. I was wondering if I just remove the hard drive from my dv6700t and put it in dell and start working where I left off? Is it possible?

BTW I have a clean install of 32-bit Win 7 ultimate on my dv6700t. I understand that the hardware is different on this machine, and if direct swapping of hard disk won't work, is there any other way to boot into my hard disk and start working from where I left off?

 

Something happened to my dv6700. It was working fine in the afternoon, I took it for a ride to work in my backpack, didn't use it there, came back in night and tried to start it, and it wouldn't boot up. I noticed that power cable was plugged into the laptop, and the blue ring around the power connector was lit - meaning that power is reaching the laptop, but the tiny blue power indicator on the front of the laptop was off, meaning laptop is not getting the power supply, or at least not within its internal components. The laptop's battery is shot, and doesn't hold charge more than one minute's worth, and laptop does boot up for how so ever long the battery can help it boot up, but as soon as battery dies, laptop shuts off.

I can't understand what is the possible problem? Is my internal power supply fried? I dont want and cant afford a new laptop at this moment. Can I get my laptop to start working again with minimal investment? thanks for your ideas guys..

 

It should work, but you might need to start in safe mode.

 

maybe its just the connector of the charger, had a similar issue before with an ASUS

 

If you are looking to get the laptop running, you need to troubleshoot the cause. Think of the components involved. Battery, PSU and the adapter. You say the battery is "shot" and will not take a charge. Plugged in or not, I recall that the dv6700 series will not power on without a battery present. At least that is the way it was on mine. Whether the laptop was plugged in or not, the moment I popped out the battery, the unit powered off. Of course, I could get alittle more than 30 minutes out of mine. But it would still at least take some kind of charge. Try replacing the battery. You can find them cheap enough for your model on eBay. A faulty adapter could run you $50.00USD or more depending upon where you buy it. Way cheaper for a generic on eBay and way more expensive even if you shop at your local Walmart. Replacing/having the powersupply unit looked at would cost you more than what the notebook is worth, IMO.

Perhaps a final option is to purchase a very inexpensive 2.5" HDD enclosure (again, eBay is your friend here...) at around $10.00USD or less which would turn your dv6700's HDD into a portable USB drive that you could in turn use your Dell to access files with.

 

Thanks Izagaia. This is strange that your notebook shut down upon removal of battery as I have run my dv6700 for many hours only on power supply while the battery was disconnected from the notebook's body. My battery has been not holding any charge for a few months now, so I can't say if its my battery or not. However, internal power supply unit, or the motherboard itself may have something wrong with themselves. I am trying to find someone who could diagnose the issue so I could decide if I should get this fixed or start saving for a new one.

But do you think it would be possible to swap my dv6700's hard drive with another notebook and boot up and start working?? Or making it the external drive is the best I can do?

 

I've encountered this couple of times:
dv6000 series power plug is on a small electric board with the usb plug next to it. Sometimes that board breaks, so it will not transfer power to the motherboard while the blue light still stays lit.

 

Isn't the powerboard one that is soldered on? I dunno. I am thinking that it is not a straight unplug and swap kind of thing. If it is and he knows someone or can himself do the soldering, then perhaps, given the part involved, may be a cheap fix.

 

It looks like this:
HP DV6000 USB + DC Power Jack Board DAAT8TB18A1

And IF that is the problem, it's cheap and easy to fix. However I don't know for sure it is the problem

 

Thanks KLF. At least that is a good possibility. BTW, its not that the power never reaches the MoBo. It has happened that couple of times I plugged the power cable in, and the front indicator did light up, and then I pressed the power button on notebook, and it started booting up. It worked as long as the power indicator stayed lit, but then something happened, and first power indicator went off, and after few second laptop shut down abruptly. So it just maybe a lose connection, rather than a completely broken piece of hardware.

I did take it to repair shop, and either the repair guy was not too interested in my problem, or he didn't want to be bothered, but without even opening up the machine he said MoBo needs to be replaced. I would take it back to him again and ask him to check the DC power jack. Do you think its fairly easy to test if its this power jack at fault or not?

 

Well, those nvidia system chips and gpus are known to break down. That could be the chipset fault also, or a motherboard fault in general.

I don't open those laptops either (like dv2000, dv6000, dv9000, some acers and fujitsus) as I know they have nvidia chips. I just ask what the computer does (starts up and shuts down, black screen and fan blows at full speed, lines on screen) and tell that MB needs replacement. In addition those computers are from 2006-2008, so the repair costs are easily over 50% the price of new more powerful basic laptop...

 

You are right. I am looking at about $200 to fix this laptop, which I don't want to spend since I am to buy a new power laptop early next year anyway.

BTW, How did you know my laptop has nvidia chip? But you are right, I have 8400mgs card inside. You don't think it could nvidia chip causing this issue, do you??

 

You said it's dv6700 series

They ALL have either nVidia Chipset (with integrated GF6150 gpu) or both Chipset and discrete GPU by nVidia.

Symptoms are similar to those I've seen many times in the last years. Including some computers I've owned myself