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This is a partial answer, but there is still a slight drain. The original problem caused a 60mA drain on the battery. I took the laptop apart and disconnected everything from the mobo, except for the CPU and GPU. The battery/power isolators are two TPC8107. These tested OK (spec idle draw is...

I have an ancient Asus A3A, just to experiment with. While turned off, the power light comes on for a few seconds and the CD drive whirs. Light then goes out.This drains the battery within 2 weeks, unless the charger is connected. Everything works OK, except for this discharging. The battery...

Hi peoples. My issue is with an oldish HP DV6-2120tx (yep, one of those). I'm aware of the overheating/BGA/GPU problems with some of the DV6 machines, but this is probably not my machine's problem. The screen is flaky when positioned at certain angles. It works OK when tilted back a fair way...