Acer 2300 travelmate





 Hi i just wanted to know if i need to replace my mother board in my laptop due to the dc power conection breaking loose inside the laptop i have taken the loose part out but unsure if i can just repair that part or if i need to get a whole new motherboard? also i dont know how to disconnect the screen from the rest of the bloody thing lol... 
thank u in advance 
Anne
You can get seperate dc jacks from here

http://www.creativeit.tv/acer-laptop-dc-power-jack-repair.htm

Try not to disconnect the screen as it may never come on again, i would take to a qualified repairer.
that is where i'd start as well. osi...
so:
1. physical link (maybe check the patch panel and the cabling that's involved in connecting to the computer, maybe swap cables and try a usb to ethernet adapter to rules the nic out.
2. data link - check the switches and switchports on the way. maybe try to use different portts
3. network - most likely not an issue if all the other computers are working fine...
etc.
but this is pretty much it: you might get a couple hundred if you part it out...ram / dvd drive / cpu / heatsink assembly / hdd / motherboard....failing that, maybe $100 for spares/repair on ebay....

the windows license wold be worth a few bucks too....(although technically, you can't resell these)

the laptop market has really dropped lately, and new laptops are dirt cheap, cmopared to what they were...unfortunately that has a knock on effect for us when we try to resell...

best idea is to part it out, or check out ebays wanted posts, see if anyone is looking for one for spares/repair.

if you feel really apprehensive aboutt aking the loss, you could always claim it off your insurance, as it was accidentally damaged, after all.... you need to change the boot order so it checks the HDD before the floppy, cdrom etc...



btw a new pc means you will have to reinstall windows > Hello. I have an HP Pavilion 4500 laptop and it won't turn on. I've tried everything to get it to turn back on. There are no flashes or beeps or anything when I hit the power button. Also, before all this came up, my charger wasn't charging correctly. It would turn on then turn off repeatedly. Then one day, my laptop shut off and didn't come back on anymore. I haven't been on my laptop in about 4-5 months now. Could someone please tell me what might be wrong with my laptop?
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you havent used it in almost half a year!!!! get yourself a correct charging unit for it that works properly and charge it. leave it out in a warm spot for a day before hand though. it sounds like its gotten very cold internally and also all the battery power has seeped away to nothing. this happens with rechargable batteries after a while. of course you wont get anything when you've got a dead battery. sounds like the charger you have already may be defective or your current battery is defective at least.  

At the other end of the scale though it could be that you laptops power supply unit has become defective and maybe that has blown.  

Rule out the simplest options first of it being the charger or battery. if theres no joy take it down to a local computer engineer and get them to have a look. be prepared to spend a little dosh on it.



btw what r your laptop specs?? might help us.:D only thing i can think of is to maybe reflash the firmware. hi everyone, just to close this topic, i could get a proper power supply and in fact it was the problem..

thaks everyone for your time and help ! i think it’s too early to think about h.266.

in any case if it will be supported then you need new hardware. It could be a problem with static discharge , if so do the following.


1. Disconect the power cord


2. Remove the battery


3. Hold down the power button for 30 seconds , then release for 30 sec and then hold down for another 30sec


4. Plug in power ,replace battery and power on laptop.


If this causes no Joy try this.


Remove memory and reinstall one stick at a time, if there are more than 1 dimm of ram, try each stick in each slot one at a time to see if the memory is ok and to determine if one of the memory slots is bad.


Hope this helps not very hard to tell, you have one with a caution so that is a good sign there is an issue with the drive. 

does not mean you need to replace it right away, that is what backups are for. use the drive, if it fails replace it and restore from backup. or contact the drive vendor support and see what their criteria for a warranty replacement is, do the same thing if they exchange it, restore from backup. if you don't have backups today is a good time to start. re-flash bios using usb stick if you can get that far.
if not reset option and steps like clearing cmos and pins.?
new mobo or try manufacturer..