Posts by Outerspace

I found a local work from home tech who did replace the part I posted earlier, and it worked. It WAS NOT the power cord, it was the jack. It's working great, he charged me $40, which is way better than the probable $200. He had seen...

Here is something interesting. This is a DC jack that you can put on the motherboard. Have not yet found a tech that will put it on. Still looking... http://www.discountelectronics.com/i...ct_list&c=3477

Thanks. I have never bought computer parts on ebay, will need to research a little bit.

Ok, dell chat person tells me replacement mother board is $400, they only have 5 left. Sounds like BS. He also says motherboards cannot be repaired reliably. Not sure what to think yet.

Yes, no effect.

Ok, I took apart the computer and could find nothing wrong with anything, visual inspection. None of the cords produce even a flicker of green now and the battery is drained. I think I'm headed to the repair shop.

I'm not sure my computer has a power board, or where it would be, here is the service manual TOC http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...0/sm/index.htm Could it be another part?

Well I wanted to start off by thanking you guys, I appreciate the help so far. I got the new cord and it worked pretty well for about 5 minutes and then began to behave like the old cords, ie green light will not stay on, and...

Well the PA 3E is not even producing a green light now, so with a dead battery I got nothing. It did produce a green light for a few minutes, I got a boot, but then it turned orange and died. Will see if it comes back.

I just tried the PA-3E and it does the same thing as my old cords. Light flickers on and off, the battery eventually dies.