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There are many good answers here, there are also a lot! of people with this problem. The best answer was the person that mentioned the Capacitors. They are cheap, they are all over the board and in the power supply, they will fail, right away or after years of being …

I'm interested in the chip mentioned above' Where is this? On main board or in power pack?

There is a tiny circuit board at the bottom edge inside your display. It's called the inverter and it lights up your screen. It is trying to come on at first and then failing, first replace inverter and then replace backlights. If your not a tech then start looking for …

I know this is old but I'm using Ebay and so have interest in discussion. I mostly buy, I mostly buy computers and monitors, I mostly buy Broken computers and monitors, and occasionally sell. The original post here was the same as my feeling about Ebay/ Paypal checking account access. …

If this comp was in fact in the Bathtub that could explain a lot. I will tell you what I would do for what its worth. First I would go buy an inexpensive remote drive enclosure. Next, and not to difficult,Granny, I would remove drive thats called fubar and put …

The heat is unbearable! Try this, Pull out fan heatsink heatube assembly. Look really good for discolored ie, burnt area. Look really good inside fan, you'll see the hidden dust bunny wad that is stuck in the corner, get ALL dust out, go back and get more dust out. Use …

I've been reserching this till my eyes hurt. Yes the power jack is ok, the machine works normally with a full battery but cannot see the charger. This is a motherboard problem so I got another one, it also has this problem as do hundreds of others. So my search …

I have fixed lots of the Solo laptops. When I need parts I search Ebay where the 1150's are going for US $30 to 50. The laptops like so many other things don't like being put away for any length of time, it's use it or lose it, like cars, …