Solution to the Compaq r3000 power jack solder issue

[Que]

After mounting a "new" board, with a very solid new connector, the loading problem was back before a year went by. Just before taking the laptop apart, I noticed the negative pole's small latches (on the r3000) were so wide, they hardly touched the negative outside of the powerplug. Bent them back with a very small screwdriver, and all is fine now. Check that too, before doing the big repair.

 

[Steve40th]

I ended up just paying one of the HP XC 1000 cables. But, I just broke the laptop as it fell down and broke. Its done. The cable wasnt attached, as it was in my laptop bag, but not zipped and my Compaq wont even recognize the hardrive. Time to move up I guess.

 

[Que]

I ended up just paying one of the HP XC 1000 cables. But, I just broke the laptop as it fell down and broke. Its done. The cable wasnt attached, as it was in my laptop bag, but not zipped and my Compaq wont even recognize the hardrive. Time to move up I guess.

Have you reseated the drive?

 

[tjpearson]

Today I carried out this repair to my Presario R3000 and took pictures of each step.

The repair was a success and just thought if anyone would like me to send info of how to get the pictorial files just PM me and I'll get back to you.

 

[maxxypane]

Nice post! I really appreciate that you have provided such a nice information regarding to soldering the laptop. I have also some hardware problem in my compaq laptop. Hope I can solve such a problem on the base of this information. Thanks a lot.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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