Hi all. I've had an old waterdamaged Inspiron 1000 for about a year and a half or so, not having had the time to replace the motherboard and fix it. But my girlfriend is looking to get a laptop, and she's not a heavy user, so I thought if I could get a motherboard for this and sort it out, it would be fine and dandy.
I bought the replacement motherboard off of ebay, where the auction stated that the item had a "known power jack problem and remained untested" In the end it turns out that the power jack problem was that someone had tried to replace it and done a terrible job. As for whatever else was wrong with it, I couldn't instantly see. The graphics heatsink had one of the screw recepticles broken from the board, but I have soldered it back on, and have replaced the power jack.
Once this was done, I put everything back together, and plucked up the courage to test it. The unit powers on, and the screen is blank for 2-3 seconds, and then when the screen finally turns on, the fan turns off, and I pulled the plug.
Does anyone know how to fix this problem, what may be causing it, and whether I should look into repairin hte original motherboard.
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the original motherboard I believe had coffee spilt on it. When I opened up the case, in the top left near the power jack was a little bit of electrical mould, but I could see no component damage. hopefully it was just superficial, but I cannot be certain. Further to this, when I turned it over, I noticed a LOT of the mould on two transistors. I'm wondering whether if I can swap out these two transistors, the original board will work?
Anyone have any advice?
Many thanks, Dai.
I bought the replacement motherboard off of ebay, where the auction stated that the item had a "known power jack problem and remained untested" In the end it turns out that the power jack problem was that someone had tried to replace it and done a terrible job. As for whatever else was wrong with it, I couldn't instantly see. The graphics heatsink had one of the screw recepticles broken from the board, but I have soldered it back on, and have replaced the power jack.
Once this was done, I put everything back together, and plucked up the courage to test it. The unit powers on, and the screen is blank for 2-3 seconds, and then when the screen finally turns on, the fan turns off, and I pulled the plug.
Does anyone know how to fix this problem, what may be causing it, and whether I should look into repairin hte original motherboard.
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the original motherboard I believe had coffee spilt on it. When I opened up the case, in the top left near the power jack was a little bit of electrical mould, but I could see no component damage. hopefully it was just superficial, but I cannot be certain. Further to this, when I turned it over, I noticed a LOT of the mould on two transistors. I'm wondering whether if I can swap out these two transistors, the original board will work?
Anyone have any advice?
Many thanks, Dai.
