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From: clowtown on 31 Jan 2008 08:29
On Jan 30, 6:47 am, Arno Wagner <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> Previously clowtown <clowt...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > My laptop battery recently stopped being able to be charged.
> > * The LED will not light to show that it is charging.
> > *it will boot up for a while until the battery dies.
> > * The laptop will not turn on if the battery is removed and is plugged
> > in with power supply
> > * power supply led is lit
> > I had a friend test a few things and he said that another power supply
> > did not charge the battery either, and also said that my DC jack
> > seemed to be firmly connected to the board still.
> > A side note, I did see a small spark of electricity jump from my dc
> > jack to my power adapter the last time I remember everything working
> > correctly, would the MB be hosed? or just some circuitry?
> > I'm thinking about soldering a new dc jack to the board or buying a
> > Portbar III which can supposedly supply power through another cable.
> > Does anybody have any ideas or think this Portbar has any chance of
> > being a quick fix for my problem?
>
> Sounds like a dead battery. You can ignore the spark, power circuitry
> is not sensitive to ESD.
>
> Arno

The battery has had little to no life for a year or two now, but it
does have enough for the pc to boot to my desktop. The problem is
that there isn't enough battery life to keep it running, since it
isn't getting any juice from the power converter (to either charge the
battery or run on DC only).

Thanks for your replies.
From: clowtown on 31 Jan 2008 20:39
On Jan 30, 7:29 am, clowtown <clowt...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 30, 6:47 am, Arno Wagner <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Previously clowtown <clowt...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > My laptop battery recently stopped being able to be charged.
> > > * The LED will not light to show that it is charging.
> > > *it will boot up for a while until the battery dies.
> > > * The laptop will not turn on if the battery is removed and is plugged
> > > in with power supply
> > > * power supply led is lit
> > > I had a friend test a few things and he said that another power supply
> > > did not charge the battery either, and also said that my DC jack
> > > seemed to be firmly connected to the board still.
> > > A side note, I did see a small spark of electricity jump from my dc
> > > jack to my power adapter the last time I remember everything working
> > > correctly, would the MB be hosed? or just some circuitry?
> > > I'm thinking about soldering a new dc jack to the board or buying a
> > > Portbar III which can supposedly supply power through another cable.
> > > Does anybody have any ideas or think this Portbar has any chance of
> > > being a quick fix for my problem?
>
> > Sounds like a dead battery. You can ignore the spark, power circuitry
> > is not sensitive to ESD.
>
> > Arno
>
> The battery has had little to no life for a year or two now, but it
> does have enough for the pc to boot to my desktop. The problem is
> that there isn't enough battery life to keep it running, since it
> isn't getting any juice from the power converter (to either charge the
> battery or run on DC only).
>
> Thanks for your replies.

Anybody have any suggestions as far as the portbar (port replicator)
with built in dc jack would work? I don't know if these things are on
the same circuitry or not, so I'm a little hesitant.
From: Paul on 31 Jan 2008 22:51
clowtown wrote:
> On Jan 30, 7:29 am, clowtown <clowt...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jan 30, 6:47 am, Arno Wagner <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Previously clowtown <clowt...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> My laptop battery recently stopped being able to be charged.
>>>> * The LED will not light to show that it is charging.
>>>> *it will boot up for a while until the battery dies.
>>>> * The laptop will not turn on if the battery is removed and is plugged
>>>> in with power supply
>>>> * power supply led is lit
>>>> I had a friend test a few things and he said that another power supply
>>>> did not charge the battery either, and also said that my DC jack
>>>> seemed to be firmly connected to the board still.
>>>> A side note, I did see a small spark of electricity jump from my dc
>>>> jack to my power adapter the last time I remember everything working
>>>> correctly, would the MB be hosed? or just some circuitry?
>>>> I'm thinking about soldering a new dc jack to the board or buying a
>>>> Portbar III which can supposedly supply power through another cable.
>>>> Does anybody have any ideas or think this Portbar has any chance of
>>>> being a quick fix for my problem?
>>> Sounds like a dead battery. You can ignore the spark, power circuitry
>>> is not sensitive to ESD.
>>> Arno
>> The battery has had little to no life for a year or two now, but it
>> does have enough for the pc to boot to my desktop. The problem is
>> that there isn't enough battery life to keep it running, since it
>> isn't getting any juice from the power converter (to either charge the
>> battery or run on DC only).
>>
>> Thanks for your replies.
>
> Anybody have any suggestions as far as the portbar (port replicator)
> with built in dc jack would work? I don't know if these things are on
> the same circuitry or not, so I'm a little hesitant.

Isn't the portbar, nothing more than a fancy extension cord ?

It probably doesn't make any material change to how the power
circuitry works in the laptop.

Paul
From: clowtown on 2 Feb 2008 12:37
On Jan 30, 9:51 pm, Paul <nos...(a)needed.com> wrote:
> clowtown wrote:
> > On Jan 30, 7:29 am, clowtown <clowt...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Jan 30, 6:47 am, Arno Wagner <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
> >>> Previously clowtown <clowt...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> My laptop battery recently stopped being able to be charged.
> >>>> * The LED will not light to show that it is charging.
> >>>> *it will boot up for a while until the battery dies.
> >>>> * The laptop will not turn on if the battery is removed and is plugged
> >>>> in with power supply
> >>>> * power supply led is lit
> >>>> I had a friend test a few things and he said that another power supply
> >>>> did not charge the battery either, and also said that my DC jack
> >>>> seemed to be firmly connected to the board still.
> >>>> A side note, I did see a small spark of electricity jump from my dc
> >>>> jack to my power adapter the last time I remember everything working
> >>>> correctly, would the MB be hosed? or just some circuitry?
> >>>> I'm thinking about soldering a new dc jack to the board or buying a
> >>>> Portbar III which can supposedly supply power through another cable.
> >>>> Does anybody have any ideas or think this Portbar has any chance of
> >>>> being a quick fix for my problem?
> >>> Sounds like a dead battery. You can ignore the spark, power circuitry
> >>> is not sensitive to ESD.
> >>> Arno
> >> The battery has had little to no life for a year or two now, but it
> >> does have enough for the pc to boot to my desktop. The problem is
> >> that there isn't enough battery life to keep it running, since it
> >> isn't getting any juice from the power converter (to either charge the
> >> battery or run on DC only).
>
> >> Thanks for your replies.
>
> > Anybody have any suggestions as far as the portbar (port replicator)
> > with built in dc jack would work? I don't know if these things are on
> > the same circuitry or not, so I'm a little hesitant.
>
> Isn't the portbar, nothing more than a fancy extension cord ?
>
> It probably doesn't make any material change to how the power
> circuitry works in the laptop.
>
> Paul

Well, depending on where the problem is with the current dc input the
portbar may be a way to still get power to the pc without going
through the bad hardware.
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