This past weekend I had my 8886 on, connected to the AC adapter. I wasn't using it though, and a couple hours later it turned itself off. Curious, I looked at the adapter and noticed frayed wires coming out of the rubber connector between the brick and the cord that goes to the laptop. When I tried to move it, it made a *bzzt* sound and a spark flew out by the frayed wires. On top of that, when I pulled slightly on this cord, it came out of the brick part! 
I got a new power adapter ($90? grrr!) from Sager, but the computer won't boot now. I'm worried the AC adapter perhaps fried the computer in its death throes?
When I start the laptop up, all the LEDs come on (power, numlock, scroll lock, caps lock) and stay on. The fan comes on. I hear a click like I normally do, which I believe is the CDrom. Not positive if the HDD makes a noise. But then after this --- nothing. The screen stays dark. The LEDs never turn off. I have to hold the power button down to turn it back off.
Before I send it off for repair, I was hoping there was something I could try? I believe it's a 2.8 ghz, non-HT proc. In another thread, someone said that if the fan and LEDs come on, then the Motherboard isn't fried? I'm just thinking that perhaps I can go to Fry's and try perhaps a new processor, which would certainly be cheaper than the shipping + repair costs.
Thoughts? As an aside, and I'm not positive as to what happened, but man am I pissed if an AC adapter on its way out took down my laptop as well.
I got a new power adapter ($90? grrr!) from Sager, but the computer won't boot now. I'm worried the AC adapter perhaps fried the computer in its death throes?
When I start the laptop up, all the LEDs come on (power, numlock, scroll lock, caps lock) and stay on. The fan comes on. I hear a click like I normally do, which I believe is the CDrom. Not positive if the HDD makes a noise. But then after this --- nothing. The screen stays dark. The LEDs never turn off. I have to hold the power button down to turn it back off.
Before I send it off for repair, I was hoping there was something I could try? I believe it's a 2.8 ghz, non-HT proc. In another thread, someone said that if the fan and LEDs come on, then the Motherboard isn't fried? I'm just thinking that perhaps I can go to Fry's and try perhaps a new processor, which would certainly be cheaper than the shipping + repair costs.
Thoughts? As an aside, and I'm not positive as to what happened, but man am I pissed if an AC adapter on its way out took down my laptop as well.
