Compaq Presario R3000 power cord issue

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Hi Dusty_Roses, the HP DL516A is a docking station for HP/Compaq, a rather expensive workaround for a broken dc-in connector on the mainboard, as the base uses the docking port for providing power to the mainboard. The all-in-one media cable does that too, for a lot less $$.

If your problem with the jack is keeping you from running off the ac directly, is hard to tell from here.
It won't run on ac, with the battery removed from the laptop?
Are those adapters 120 or 135 Watt models?

HP's view is: "when under warranty, we'll replace the board, when out of warranty, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA) Check out our new line of models!"

(No pun intended, I feel your pain!)
 
Hello,

I have read all the post listed here. I am having the same problem. I have a Compaq Presario R3000. I have had the laptop since 2004. I saved to get a nice system because I knew I would not be able to afford another one any time soon. I will say a year after having the laptop, I started having jack problems. It progress more and more. To now it will not hold it at all. It just flashes when in there and on a good day I can get it to charge but I bettr not move it. Everything that is important to me is on the laptop.

After reading this blog and talking to HP (I have talked to them on the phone, through their chat, and email exchange). I thought sending me links to where to buy the All-In-One Media Cord and the jack was funning. It lead me to E-bay.

I sent for the jack today. The cord cost to much and it was none to buy out right. All of them were to bid for. I would like to get the cord or the docking station. I am really scared of doing the soldering myself. I have the soldering iron and everything. I can actually solder but I just don't want to mess up anything.

If someone has the All-In-One cord for sell or know were I can get one out right please let me know. If not, I will try to replace the new jack I brought. I really can't afford much and I really can't afford to replace the laptop or the items I have on it.

Thanks in advance!
Tinamarie
 
I also have the infamous R3000 power issue. Computer is currently useless. Is there any other cable that will provide power to the alternate port like the hard to find XC1000? HP is evil for not selling that cable anymore and offering no help for this issue.
 
Hello Again,

I was able to fix the part. I took it apart and soldered in the part. AND IT WORKED! But I have a new problem. After awhile (I will say about a minute) it goes into stand by (when the power switch light is blinking). Any ideas on what that my be?

Thank you,
Tinamarie
 
Congratulations! Is it going in stand-by while you are working on it? If so, check the fans, working? Have you removed the cpu while dismantling, placed it back with proper thermal paste? Download rmclock, and check the cpu temperature with it.
 
My jack needed replacing which I did. Pretty easy with the right tools. But it will nost POST, or anything. The battery light just blinks rapidly. I got this laptop from work, my IT guy said I could have it if I could get it to work. They had the same problem before I got it. Upon inspecting it I noticed the jack was in terrible condition and replaced it. But nothing except the blinking light. Can anyone help point me in the right direction?
 
Also I should mention that I do not have the power supply. I am using a universal PS that my friend lent me to test if it works. It is a 65w unit. I know the standard PS is 120w, but it's all I have right now. I tried a 95w PS as well and it just blinked too. I don't want to spend the money on PS if the board is shot or something.
 
Does the "thunderbolt" light on the front of the laptop signify "power cord plugged in?" Or does it just mean that the battery is being charged?
 

Way too low, it should read 19 volts. Some could not even keep it running with a 120 watts adapter, and had to get a 135 watts one, to compensate for the degrading capacitors/charging circuitry of these boards.
Best you take it to a comp. shop, and ask for an adapter to try?
 

Keep checking Ebay, there was a chinese guy selling them, he might be back. Another option is a docking station, but expensive too.
 


I'm getting kidna worried here cause I too experianced the dreaded R3000 powerjack problem. I recently took apart the laptop and resoldered the powerjack pins to the motherboard. And the computer started up fine and everything. However, after an hour of use, the indicator light that looks like a thunderbolt on the front of the notebook shut up. The computer runs fine when the power cable is pluged in, but the thunderbolt light doesnt come. Does the light only come on when the battery is being charged?
 
Ok Ive read all the comments here in this forum, with my workings , this is what I have done
Removed the faulty where you put your powercord into.
I then clipped the end of the powercord and revealed the two wires white coated and the regular wire with no coating
found on the mother board where to soder them to. by doing this i was able to charge the battery again. however it will not work without the battery.
wondering if i take the battery out and put my two wires on the GOLD CONNECTORS for the battery , far sides or right or left seem like a good idea, at least then if if did work it would stay on. has anyone tried this to see if it will work. obviously it does then the laptop would transform into a desktop , wereas you would have to plug it in to make it work.
 
Hey I have a Presario r3000 and I am starting to have this power issue where the cord is plugged in but the computer is running off battery and I have to kind of pull the cord out and giggle it etc. I read all the other posts on here. I am techincally challenged to say the least. I wanted to know before I spend 189.00 to get a cord like this, how does this change the need for the soddering?

http://www.techexcess.net/hp-xc1000-notebook-all-in-one-media-cable-dv318a.aspx

 
I've learned alot reading this thread. I've experienced similar problems with the loose power cord, but now if the power cord becomes disengaged, the PC shuts off and I have to reboot. The battery reads 99% charged. But it will not do anything until I plug the power cord back in. I'll probably try soldering the pins, but thought I'd ask if this is a different issue. Any helpful thoughts?
 


Okay, I took it back apart. One of the fan's wires were not connected. I connected that and it works fine. No problems when I use the internet or play games.

I do have a problem when I am using Photoshop Elements 5. I installed it about a week before my first post. I did not try using it until last week. The fans will click on and stay on when I use this program and then just shuts down the laptop. It has serveral times. It does ot go into stand by. It complete shuts down. It will start back up but I am not sure why it is shutting. I have never had this problem with the laptop. I got the power working and now this.

Tinamarie
 

It bypasses the power-in on the back by using the docking port on the right side, which has a lead to the same power circuitry. Expensive!



Not really difficult, just handle anything with care, and follow the tutorials and maintenance guides.
http://h20181.www2.hp.com/plmconten...511&MEID=F2DAF231-84E4-4AE7-BE71-BB1CA8A20D6A
There's no need to remove the cpu and frame that supports the mainboard.



Google for the rmclock program, it doesn't need to install, it's an exe file, that will give you instant acces to the temperature of the cpu. Have you removed the cpu from the board, if so, have you put proper thermal paste back between the cpu and heatsink? Are both fans working, and clean? Report what RMclock reads.
 
Hello,

I did not use the thermal paste. I will need to get some. I know I did remove the Heat Sink and I think I did the CPU.

I update the BIOS. And I found out when I was trying to do the Disk Cleanup. It shuts down too. I download the RMclock. It goes from 1994.83MHz to 797.94MHz. The CPU load is 5.75% to 16.03%.

I am now so worried. I did not want to mess up my computer. <sigh>
 
Tinamarie, stop using the computer and apply some good thermal paste, like Arctic Silver 5, get it from a computer shop. Look at the instruction video for removing/replacing the heatsink.
Use some alcohol to clean the cpu and apply a paper-thin layer of thermal paste on the cpu metal core, clean the heatsink's surface with alcohol too, and fasten the screws turn by turn, jumping from screw to screw in a diagonal way, so the sink stays flat on the cpu.
What is rmclock saying about the temperature?
 
Thank you! I order some paste. I am printing out the instructions for on how to apply the paste. LOL...I knew I would do something wrong. I will keep you posted. Right now I am to scared to use the comnputer.
 
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