Recent content by papatuzz

Hi darkbreeze, I know it's been a long time but I got very busy. It was very difficult getting the old power jack off the laptop but putting the new one on wasn't so bad. It works!!! I wanted you to know you were right on and I would never have figured it out without your help. Thanks a million.

I reflashed the BIOS. There wasn't a newer one available. It didn't change anything. The battery holds a minimal charge but will not start the laptop. I unplug the laptop and all 3 lights go out. The power adapter light, the HDD light and the battery light. When I plug the cord back in, the...

Thank you for your response darkbreeze. I actually tried a different memory module and also a new battery. They didn't change anything. The CMOS battery holder was a tiny bit loose at first. I was able to wiggle it a very very tiny bit before I did the reflow of the motherboard. After the reflow...

I have a Dell Inspiron N5030. It has a single 2GB stick of ram. Windows 7 64 bit. That's it really. Just a basic store bought Dell laptop. One of my customers brought it to me along with another laptop. I fixed the other one and when I told her the problems I was having with this one and...

I was hoping that wasn't the problem. So the new motherboard has the same problem as the broken one. Wonderful. Thanks for your answer.

My friends daughter knocked her Nook off the table while it was plugged in and charging. It has one of those 30 pin charging ports. When I plugged it in to the charger, the light at the charging port on the Nook would start green, then flash amber then change to flashing red. If I plugged it in...

This is a friends laptop. He had gotten up and accidentally pulled hard on the power cord and it broke the holder inside the chassis. Sometimes the lights wouldn't come on and he'd smack on top of the keyboard several times and the lights would come on and then boot. I told him that was his...

Hello to all. I have recently installed a new keyboard and a new hard drive on this laptop. It has been working fine for 8 days. Yesterday some of the keys started typing the wrong letters and then it would not boot. All the lights come on and you can see the backlight on the screen and the hard...