PeteC2
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Re: Replacement AC adapter for laptop
Unfortunately, more often than not, it is the female jack inside the notebook. Worse yet, although sometimes the fix is relatively simple, all too often it is not...sometimes the break actually includes part of the board that it is connected to.
This is not relegated to just one brand of notebook, BTW, it is all too often a common issue.
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| said by PeteC2  :Unfortunately, more often than not, it is the female jack inside the notebook. Worse yet, although sometimes the fix is relatively simple, all too often it is not...sometimes the break actually includes part of the board that it is connected to. This is not relegated to just one brand of notebook, BTW, it is all too often a common issue. Just as a heads up to what Pete mentioned, I had an old Compaq with that same problem. Compaq found that it was an all too common occurrence with that model and replaced the motherboard for free. |
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PeteC2
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| said by KickMe :Just as a heads up to what Pete mentioned, I had an old Compaq with that same problem. Compaq found that it was an all too common occurrence with that model and replaced the motherboard for free. That is a very good point. Sometimes they will extend the warranty well past it's normal span, so it makes sense to check, just in case...
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I can't remember when we bought this, but I'm thinking Nov '06 (it was in the timeframe just before Vista was available as we had XP on it with the free upgrade coupon to Vista), so not even two years old... Pretty unacceptable in my opinion, but maybe not Gateway's. Maybe we should have gotten that protection plan Circuit City pushed so hard about !!  |
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