Laptop Motherboard Power Jack problem...

[curedHAM]

Here goes muttin?...my HP Pavilion zv5000us series laptop took some
spills....and well, it's power jack is jacked. I and my two hands of
thumbs attempted to fix it cuz, "I can fix it". After about ten
complete dismantle or disassemblies later, I have this....a led
"charge" light that works great when I plug the power cord in, but no
turny on-y. In other words, all looks good til I push the power
button, all I get is a blink of the power and charge led's and nuthin'
else. After horrifying several computer repairmen with my board, I
hope that this is my sitch. I ruined the "eyelet" hole conductive
coating? more precisely, the positive eyelet. I get a reading of
"closed" circuite when I test the three ground eyelets, but I don't get
"closed" readings when I test from the positive to any of the ground
eyelets.....besides the obviouse, get new mobo, how could I
theoretically repair this board or.....any cool ways of oblitterating
the s.o.b. to the other side of the matrix??

an idiot.

 

[Ed Medlin]

Here goes muttin?...my HP Pavilion zv5000us series laptop took some
spills....and well, it's power jack is jacked. I and my two hands of
thumbs attempted to fix it cuz, "I can fix it". After about ten
complete dismantle or disassemblies later, I have this....a led
"charge" light that works great when I plug the power cord in, but no
turny on-y. In other words, all looks good til I push the power
button, all I get is a blink of the power and charge led's and nuthin'
else. After horrifying several computer repairmen with my board, I
hope that this is my sitch. I ruined the "eyelet" hole conductive
coating? more precisely, the positive eyelet. I get a reading of
"closed" circuite when I test the three ground eyelets, but I don't get
"closed" readings when I test from the positive to any of the ground
eyelets.....besides the obviouse, get new mobo, how could I
theoretically repair this board or.....any cool ways of oblitterating
the s.o.b. to the other side of the matrix??

an idiot.

I have a 3yr old Sony Vaio with the exact problem. Sony will replace the MB,
but the cost is more than the thing is really worth. I sent it over to a
friend that owns a PC repair shop and he says the same thing but won't touch
it with a 10ft pole because he says that he just doesn't have the resources
to delve that deep into laptops. So, basically, I am screwed. If the plug
was just soldered to some sort of connector it would be easy for me to
repair, but for some weird reason the plug is directly wired into at least
two layers of the MB circuitry and that makes it just too complex for a home
repair. It is still a great laptop, but won't charge or run on AC........

Ed