Posts by pdog_phatpat

Pics of the heatsink assembly from the parts laptop. They are identical. It has one of those lovely pads on the GPU section..to go with the tape on the CPU section...nice. I'm going to reassemble the parts laptop tonight and remove...

Thanks qhn, back atcha. I just want people to know that 1, I'm a poor guy lol and 2, the only way to learn is to try..and try..and try. I'm not going to say it's a permanent fix, we all know these models were Walmart specials and their...

Update: First a thank you all for the thoughts/ideas, it is appreciated! Okay now for the update. I got a parts laptop and salvaged the chip off it. It is a different brand. I insulated the tin from the board underneath where it was...

Alright. Honestly, I know little about electronics, so bear with me please. Looking at some search results, here's what I see. It appears that the blue wire was attached to the G pin of the chip...apparently the "Gate" of the...

Okay well, I got the MB out. So there you have it. Pretty bad. That blue wire was attached to one of the legs of the mosfet, which was bent up and soldered to the blue wire. It ran around to the other side and was soldered to the board....

Laptop starts, shuts itself off. Sometimes will boot to Windows, then shut off. Now, obviously this thing is toast. But look at that thing..what's with the wire? What's with the huge blob of solder? Did somebody just cobble something up...