Cf 30 dead please help

This morning i went to use my cf30 and it wouldn't turn on so i figure the battery was dead. I plugged my brick into it and i got nothing, no indicator lights no power up. I grabed my meter to test the brick its putting out 19vdc it worked and charged last time i used it so im kinda lost on what it could be any help would be great

Thanks

 

19VDC is too much! It should be between 15.6 and 16VDC. Maybe you fried your DC-DC converter on the motherboard.

 

Ill pull it apart this weekend i guess and see if i can see anything

 

Try another charger you know is good. Maybe there is a protection for high voltage input and the unit will not start at all.

 

I will try but it did work with the brick at one time thanks to best buy geek squad for ensuring me that the brick will work for me

 

If you don't have an original charger you can use an IBM one from the old T4x series. Many sellers on eBay sell them as Panasonic "compatible". If I remember correctly they are around 4 Amps and of course 16VDC and that should work for testing purposes but not recommended in the long run.

 

I will order a replacement first and i guess i will go from there

 

yep ...
the charger the geeks sold you is plumb wrong .
right on the cover for the dc input socket the voltage is marked : "DC 15.6 V"
(at least it is on my '30)

i would take the supply and your '30 back to them and demand that they pay for repairing it .
you took their word in good faith that it was "ok" to use the supply they sold you .
when they do such things , this makes them responsible .
they are liable for damages .
do not let them attempt to fix it ... they have already proved how much they know .
the panasonic machines are not like 90% of the other makes ... they are somewhat specialized and can easily be botched by someone that is not aware of these things ...
especially when the voltage is plainly written on the cover and 5 minutes worth of google-foo will provide the same information .

the damage caused by the wrong charger may be as simple as a popped internal SMT fuse .
or , one of the mosfet switching regulators bit the dust .
in any case , blindly poking around inside is not recommended ... one can do more damage .
a good knowledge of electronic repair and diagnoses at a component level , plus a set of schematics is required .

 

Yep,betting it popped something on the board. Take it to them and at least get the cost of repair or what you paid for it,the magic word is Lawyer if they get huffy,be polite but firm. Don't take it apart! If you do they will blame you..

 

how would they know , who took it apart? @Thomas if you need the board repaired, let me know I can help you

 

Why? Because there is no Panasonic label? )

 

Have you ever opened a cheap ac adaptor?