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escuriola
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Is my laptop's power failure a motherboard problem?
Hello all.
Few days ago my laptop died. The AC adaptor was plugged (and with the green light on) but the battery indicator decreased and finally, the windows low battery message was displayed and finally I shutdown the laptop before the battery was empty.
After that, I tried to switch on without the battery, only with the AC adaptor, but with not successful. When I put again the battery on the laptop then the laptop worked but the battery continued discharging until it was completly empty.
And now the laptop not works any longer. I check the AC adaptor works and a IT professional said me that the problem was the DELL integrated motherboard.
I asked Dell for support and then they said to me that if I want to repair the computer it would cost me $1080 :O
Now I'm asking if there is any way to repair this by myself and where can I found how to repair.
Is anybody lives in Spain and knows any shop where I can repair it is also a good solution.
Thanks in advance.
Regards.
Edited by: Kyle Wiens ( ) , Walter Galan ( ) , Sterling Hirsh ( )
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Tyler Bly
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It sounds like your problem is the DC-In board. Unfortunately, I do not know if that is integrated with the mother board on Dell computers or not. If it is, you will probably need to replace it. I'll bet you could find a replacement for significantly less than $1000, but I'm unaware of any websites with repair guides for these computers. I wish I could be more help!
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kkemp10229
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dheady
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One thing to check would also be the power cable from the adapter to the computer. If there's a physical break in that line it would result in the same issue, slow battery decline and failure of power. Find another AC adapter and see if it works. If that still fails, then Tyler's advice stands.
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Sergej
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My latitude 100L making same problems, it works from battery, but not from AC-adapter. Adapter is OK, problem is on the motherboard, I checked with oscilloscope - PWM controller (ISL 6247) on the motherboard give power for short time and for unknown reason, interrupt supply of power. So, I will play a bit again with this laptop, and if it will not work I will probably replace motherboard. Check on ebay, it could cost around 40$.
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my laptop is not working power is on and screen is black and no sound of booting and no soung of fan ...wat sld i do wat wil be the main problem i had search the problem in net bt mostely they said that i sld check the hard disk first ,can anyone guide me
Hi bro, same thing happned wid me, i took me laptop (dell lat-d520) to a very well known place in banglore, SP ROAD(india) heard dat dey can solve any problem, but anyways they screwed my laptop like anything, I learned a lesson not to go anywhere except brand specific service center... Worst thing is they have stolen RAM, and cmos battery. I am waiting for my next salary so that i can visit service center or i will not use laptop. Seems internet cafe is an alternate solution.
rana,