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    Power supply problem 570TU

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Varadero, Jan 5, 2009.

  1. Varadero

    Varadero Notebook Consultant

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    A quick warning not to trust the green light on the power supply if things go wrong. My 570 suddenly stopped charging and running off AC but the green light was on in the power supply brick and it still gave a reading (of sorts) on a volt meter. After an engineer checked the solder connection on the power connector, he pronounced the motherboard effectively dead, or at least an expensive repair of the charge circuitry. In fact, it was just the power supply delivering an inconsistent and/or intermittent charge. A new power supply solved the problem, but disappointing to have a component failure after only 5 months...
     
    Varadero, Jan 5, 2009
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  2. emike09

    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    RMA it. Just think, a brand new mobo... ! :D
     
    emike09, Jan 6, 2009
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