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ktgatlin · 08-20-2007, 06:18 PM

My brother's Sony v505bx laptop now refuses to power up.

At first, the battery went out and he was only able to run off of the AC power even after buying a new battery.

At some point, his AC power adapter wire started to run hot for a while, almost too hot to touch towards the end.

One night, while using laptop, he smelt something funny, power wire to laptop was getting very hot. He tried to shut it down. As it was shutting down, he heard a pop and the laptop went dead.

I almost have the laptop disassembled to motherboard. Did the power connection go bad? Is there a board level repair I can make to save this? I am pretty good with a soldering iron and have the correct setup to make the repair. Just looking for someone to give me some hints.

Thanks

08-20-2007, 06:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
ktgatlin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Sony v505bx wont power up My brother's Sony v505bx laptop now refuses to power up. At first, the battery went out and he was only able to run off of the AC power even after buying a new battery. At some point, his AC power adapter wire started to run hot for a while, almost too hot to touch towards the end. One night, while using laptop, he smelt something funny, power wire to laptop was getting very hot. He tried to shut it down. As it was shutting down, he heard a pop and the laptop went dead. I almost have the laptop disassembled to motherboard. Did the power connection go bad? Is there a board level repair I can make to save this? I am pretty good with a soldering iron and have the correct setup to make the repair. Just looking for someone to give me some hints. Thanks