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rathfon · 09-30-2007, 12:44 AM

Hey everyone, first timer -- been reading around here for a little while but now that I have a problem I figured I'd have to jump in, hah.

I have a Dell D600 that I eventually didn't have much use for so it just sat around.

Recently, I had went to use it and noticed I couldn't get it to power up. Now it did sit odd sometimes with a little bit of gravity/pressure pulling on the power cord before when I did use it, possibly a bit downwards for atleast a few hours a day. Now I did try a different power adapter and it still wouldn't. I had read a few stories about the Dell power jacks coming loose, so I figured I'd investigate further.

I did disassemble the laptop except for take the motherboard out of the casing, and I did test the voltage going to the power jack on the inside -- to which it seemed the power was coming through it fine, but I may be wrong.

I was going to buy a new power jack and solder a new one on but I'd figure I'd come on here and see if you guys had any leads/opinions/suggestions on what I should do? I've taken laptops apart before, very handle with desktops, but laptops being so SFF are a bit different. And me and electricity aren't the best of friends sometimes, so I figured I'd ask.

Any info is appreciated.

09-30-2007, 12:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
rathfon Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Laptop won't power-up (DELL D600) Hey everyone, first timer -- been reading around here for a little while but now that I have a problem I figured I'd have to jump in, hah. I have a Dell D600 that I eventually didn't have much use for so it just sat around. Recently, I had went to use it and noticed I couldn't get it to power up. Now it did sit odd sometimes with a little bit of gravity/pressure pulling on the power cord before when I did use it, possibly a bit downwards for atleast a few hours a day. Now I did try a different power adapter and it still wouldn't. I had read a few stories about the Dell power jacks coming loose, so I figured I'd investigate further. I did disassemble the laptop except for take the motherboard out of the casing, and I did test the voltage going to the power jack on the inside -- to which it seemed the power was coming through it fine, but I may be wrong. I was going to buy a new power jack and solder a new one on but I'd figure I'd come on here and see if you guys had any leads/opinions/suggestions on what I should do? I've taken laptops apart before, very handle with desktops, but laptops being so SFF are a bit different. And me and electricity aren't the best of friends sometimes, so I figured I'd ask. Any info is appreciated.