Recent content by patka108

Thank you. I was just trying to find out if there is any way to replace the charging port where the supply is coming in as opposed to replacing the whole motherboard since the computer works and powers on, just than not charging. Or is the charging area completely merged with the motherboard and...

I have posted previously about my ThinkPad laptop not charging after water got in. Initially, I dried the laptop and was able to work on it, but after 4 days I noticed the power was not charging the laptop. This is when I was advised that I probably needed a new laptop. The UPDATE is that after...

Thank you for the reply. The charger is good and the battery is good as well. The issue seems to be in the power supply from the charger port into the laptop. I took it to bestbuy and was told that since the power supply is going through the motherboard, most likely the whole motherboard would...

Thank you for the reply. Just to clarify: what I meant by the laptop being fine, I guess this was not an accurate observation, but I was trying to say that the power supply is the only problem causing the laptop not to turn on. As it was able to turn on and off as long as the battery still had...

I have an e580 ThinkPad. A little bit of rain came into my backpack and into the laptop. It would not turn on and appeared to be shorting. After drying it out, it turned on just fine and worked for 4 days including charging the battery a few times. After 4 days, while the laptop was working...