ibm thinkpad laptop 600 no power

blunosebob · 04-21-2007, 01:52 AM

hi there new to this so bear with me i have a laptop ibm 600 my batteries never been much good very little life so i now tend to use the power lead ,only i went to switch it on and now theres no power at all not even with the power lead do these things burn out? would a new lead solve this issue? can any one help thanks.

**TheMatt** · 04-21-2007, 12:25 PM

Hi Bob,

If nothing at all happens when you try to turn on the laptop, it could be a bad motherboard, but it could also be that the solder bridge between the AC jack and the motherboard was broken.

If it is the solder bridge that was broken, it can be repaired easily and for relatively little money. A local computer shop that services laptops will do this for you, but you can also do it if you are good at soldering and are comfortable with opening up the laptop.

If it is the motherboard, you are likely looking at a new laptop. It is almost always cheaper to get a new laptop and to copy data off the hard drive than to replace the motherboard unless it is a new/high end laptop.

04-21-2007, 01:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
blunosebob Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1 OS: xp	ibm thinkpad laptop 600 no power hi there new to this so bear with me i have a laptop ibm 600 my batteries never been much good very little life so i now tend to use the power lead ,only i went to switch it on and now theres no power at all not even with the power lead do these things burn out? would a new lead solve this issue? can any one help thanks.

04-21-2007, 12:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: ibm thinkpad laptop 600 no power Hi Bob, If nothing at all happens when you try to turn on the laptop, it could be a bad motherboard, but it could also be that the solder bridge between the AC jack and the motherboard was broken. If it is the solder bridge that was broken, it can be repaired easily and for relatively little money. A local computer shop that services laptops will do this for you, but you can also do it if you are good at soldering and are comfortable with opening up the laptop. If it is the motherboard, you are likely looking at a new laptop. It is almost always cheaper to get a new laptop and to copy data off the hard drive than to replace the motherboard unless it is a new/high end laptop. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides