MSI CR700 Repair
Friday, March 12, 2010
We had an MSI CR700 come in this week that would not power on. The power cord was ok but the unit just did nothing. We have only seen 1 or 2 of these so we wanted to thoroughly investigate it and discovered the power jack was broken. We were able to rescue the unit using our power jack repair service, which you can read more about here:
http://absoluteraleigh.com/power_jack_repair.html
Labels: MSI, power jack
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 2:39 PM,
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Toshiba Tecra A8
Monday, February 01, 2010
We've had a few Toshiba Tecra A8 laptops come in for power jack repairs as they were running on battery only. The jack for them is not currently available, however, all of them we have had in did not have a bad power jack. The problem was a few loose components on the motherboard near the jack. It is possible that applying pressure to the power cord or holding it in a certain position would work temporarily. This is not recommended. We can fix the problem here with our standard power jack repair service.
Labels: power jack
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 5:57 PM,
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XPS M1710 Runs on Battery Only
Friday, December 11, 2009
Today we had a DELL XPS M1710 laptop in that would only run on battery. The customer had taken it to another shop that replaced the power jack which did not help. We signed it in and checked it out. The jack repair job was better than we expected but not quite up to our standards so we replaced it. The rear jack pins only showed 6v when the 19v AC was connected to it. We were able to locate the problem and repair it. We can not repair all boards but we can fix DELL XPS M1710 laptops that run on battery alone. When we do a motherboard repair we typically just charge the customer for our standard DC jack repair service.
Our customer was thrilled! He had been quoted $599 by the other shop. We completed the repair at 75% off! Our experience over the years with other failed Dells helps us troubleshoot and repair the newer models.
Labels: power jack
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 10:44 AM,
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Orange Power Jacks?
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
We have seen this in the past but it is fairly rare so today we got a pic! A few Acer laptops out there have this orange jack. It goes bad just like a black one does, so we repaired it here. We had to use a black jack though as these orange jacks are extremely rare!
Labels: power jack
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 2:43 PM,
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Dell XPS M1730 Power Jack Problem
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
We have been seeing a few M1730 gaming laptops come in with broken power jacks. As of October 2009, the jacks are not available anywhere. This is one of the very few jacks we can not get our hands on. Of course, we have a repair solution. We’re not extremely happy with it but we can make the machine work again. We use a similar, smaller jack, and convert the PA19 AC adapter to fit the new, smaller jack. We aren’t excited about it as the smaller jack will be easy to break. The adapter is very large and if the weight of the adapter pulls on the jack too many times it will break. Most of our power jack repairs leave the jack better than new. But not this one. The good news is we can rescue the $2,000 machines using our standard jack repair service. To get the correct jack we must buy another motherboard from Dell and they are $700 - $900 depending on which rep answers the phone. At this time our jack repairs are $149.
Labels: Dell, power jack
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 9:00 AM,
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