WELL..... after trial and error turns out laptop required a new ac adapter?? i now have a good as new P4 2.6 laptop. woot woot..... ... From: Ardell Faul...
Hi All: I was just given a Thinkpad A21M for my Laptops for Kids program. Electrically, it is in good shape, but it had been dropped, breaking out the rear...
There is a non-working lower half of an A21 for sale on EBay that looks to be in good shape. Item 120418936026 Ardell Faul Computer Monitor Service Inc. ...
Hi Ardell: I have bought the base you spoke of on Ebay. It has what I need, and was initially a good price (though it will cost me $40 to get it here). ...
Dear all, I have IBM ThinkPad R40 laptop. It have batteray problem. This problem start when I use this laptop by plugin AC cord and suddenly AC current is loss...
laptop powers on and works great except the display goes dark after a period of time. differs with every restart. i beleive the back light and the inverter are...
No, the inverter will shut down after various lengths of time if the lamp is getting gassy and drawing too much current. Also a loose wire on one end of the...
"quoting Ardell"" If you can still see the image faintly from the ambient room light when you look at the dark screen at an angle, the problem is that the...
Most likely it's the cable issue, either it's broken somewhere or connectors just need reseating, first to try is reseat LCD connector to the mainboard....
If there is no image at all, it's not the inverter..... Try an external monitor plugged into the VGA port. When the lcd goes dark, do you still have an image...
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refill the battery ... From: rochmat <rochmatsalim@...> Subject: [Laptop_Repair] Batteray IBM THinkpad R40 To: Laptop_Repair@yahoogroups.com Date:...
First make use of an external monitor to see if your machine will post (visually). If the external monitors functions from the vga port (and you can see that...
the lamp, the inverter , and the cable can all be gotten for a total of about 30.00. I'd purchase them all and replace them all. ... From: Starmaxpc...
Dear All, thank's for replay... But I don't know which element that must be replaced. I test it with multimeter then it show 10.7 Volt so I asume that elements...
i have an IBM T40. the video chip solder problem occurred. i tried to use the heat gun method to fix it, but that was a bust. it in parts now. if anyone has a...
what do you mean the video chip problem?? i have a t40 also that goes to a dark screen after some time. do i have the same thing as you?? what symptoms did you...
as mentioned, laptop does not power on. ac adapter plugged in the power light is green no power on when power button pressed. battery light does not come on no...
UPDATE:Â got item taken apart down to mainboard. nothing out of the ordinary, liquid spill, burnt parts, etc. weird thing i noticed tho. plugged in and tried...
At this point the proper action is to put your voltmeter across the DC jack connections and make sure it is really the proper voltage, probably about 18 volts....
dc power coming in is at 19.1 v have tried 2 different ac power adapters. learned my lesson on the gateway prior to this one...ha pin number 4 on the mainboard...
on the t40, the graphics chip is surface mounted to the board. the case is a little on the flimsy side, causing the board to flex if you handle the computer by...
ive got a older P3 toshiba satellite ( 1805-s274) . battery life doesnt seem to be what it ought to be. how do you determine if the battery is actually bad?...
The best test for a battery is to put it in the unit and charge it up to 100% or there-abouts. Then unplug the unit and see how long the battery lasts while...
that is exactly the same problem with the older apple g3 ibook's. i had one with the video chip problem, never came across a pc with the issue before until...
tackling another laptop here. at first when powered on, only the power light showed and no boot. stripped down to motherboard only cleaned a few spots that...
Install a single stick of memory. Most units won't boot without some memory installed. Ardell Faul Computer Monitor Service Inc. Ardell's Laptop and PC Repair...
yes. ive done that. 1 x 512ddr2. tried it in both slots also. could it be that stick of ram is bad? unfortunatley i dont have another stick of the same kind to...
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