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74xx motherboard failure? Dim power LED?

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How many of you folks have experianced a failure of the motherboard in which the A/C adaptor is plugged in, and the small power LED on the panel is very dim? The laptop will be dead at this point.

This is a 7405gx I sold and the original motherboard failed. I replaced the MB with one from a 7426gx and also had him buy a new adaptor just in case it was overvolting. A year later, this board failed. What gives?

This would also apply to anyone who owns an emachines m68xx as they share the same motherboard.
post #2 of 6
That is interesting find Compman55 (and glad to see you back )

my M6805 is still running (knocking on wood), definitively will keep an eye on this symptom and see.

cheers ...
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That is interesting find Compman55 (and glad to see you back )

my M6805 is still running (knocking on wood), definitively will keep an eye on this symptom and see.

cheers ...
Yeah, I hang onto my computers at least 5 years......

Its hard to throw $1200 or so away to have the latest and greatest each year. Both of mine are still going strong. Still no cracked hinges.
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my 7422 was still running fine until my roomate broke the power button. havent had a chance to get a new hinge cover/power button. now its just sitting up in my closet waiting for me to have a reason to actually break down and buy a new hinge cover, and the hard drive is serving as an external until then
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gateway m520, emachines m6805 thru m6811 will all fit.
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yeah but theyre like $40 at the lowest Ive seen, which is more then I want to pay when a) i wasnt even using the machine in the first place, my roomate was (and then he bought his own notebook) and b) im currently unemployed
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