It’s charging

Filed Under (Daily Posts) by User ImageCynthia [More Me!] on Jul 28, 2007 4:38 pm

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Well, as per my husband’s advice (he is the computer expert in our house), I disassembled the entire laptop. It was actually quite fun. I got the plans from the HP site and followed them precisely.

I vacuumed it out, and there was some awful messes of dog hair in there. Ugh, the drawbacks of dogs and technology together. So I vacuumed it out, then reassembled it.

The good news is.. it is charging the battery. It did start up! But the battery is way low, only 1%. Not sure why, maybe the power connection was bad and my battery drained. It still won’t quite stay on, but maybe after the battery charges for a few hours… I can only hope, eh? We figured we probably can’t hurt the thing more by taking it apart.

Yesterday it wouldn’t even turn on, with or without a battery. So this is progress, I think, and I didn’t spend any money on someone to tell me what was wrong.

My husband thinks it will probably be okay now. I sure hope so! Cross your fingers!

Oh, I have about 12 screws I didn’t get back in… oops. If it charges and works, I’ll get them back in (I hope).

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  1. no imageMolly [More Me!] (41 comments.) on 28.07.2007 at 19:29 (Reply)

    Two things….

    1. The thought of taking a computer apart makes my brain hurt and I can not even imagin how many parts I would have left over!

    2. I never thought of dog hair in the computer…there is no telling how much is in mine!

    Take Care

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  2. Molly on 28.07.2007 at 19:29 (Reply)

    Two things…. 1. The thought of taking a computer apart makes my brain hurt and I can not even imagin how many parts I would have left over! 2. I never thought of dog hair in the computer…there is no telling how much is in mine! Take Care

  3. no imageLisa [More Me!] (5 comments.) on 29.07.2007 at 08:36 (Reply)

    I know what’s wrong!!! I too have Compaq presario. My guess is that you have a broken power cord adapter thing. It is the think inside your computer that you plug your power cord into.

    Does you computer get really, really hot?

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  4. Lisa on 29.07.2007 at 08:36 (Reply)

    I know what's wrong!!! I too have Compaq presario. My guess is that you have a broken power cord adapter thing. It is the think inside your computer that you plug your power cord into. Does you computer get really, really hot?

  5. no imageCynthia Blue [More Me!] on 29.07.2007 at 13:10 (Reply)

    Hi Molly, we have to vacuum out our desktops regularly, too.

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  6. Cynthia Blue on 29.07.2007 at 13:10 (Reply)

    Hi Molly, we have to vacuum out our desktops regularly, too.

  7. no imageCynthia Blue [More Me!] on 29.07.2007 at 13:10 (Reply)

    Hi Lisa,
    Yeah that is probably it. Though I think I’m pronouncing it dead and I’m going to buy a new one. :)

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  8. Cynthia Blue on 29.07.2007 at 13:10 (Reply)

    Hi Lisa, Yeah that is probably it. Though I think I'm pronouncing it dead and I'm going to buy a new one. :)

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