Recent content by kenred2

I do need one for testing. I got a PCI-e to express slot adapter to use for my old DV8000 laptop. Problem is, I don't have a spare card to use. So this is a great way to revive my legacy laptop.

Well I am still looking for the board. Again, it's a project and I wanted to fix it and make it original. So if anyone has a DELL XPS m1730 board that is busted.... let me know if we can work something out. Thanks

Well basically my motherboard is shorted and the LAN port is busted (got a broken m1730 second hand), so somewhere in the motherboard I need a small chip for and also the LAN port needs replacing. It's something that I wanted to get into motherboard repair and share it on Youtube when I am able...

Like the title reads, if you have a board that you would like to get rid of, please let me know. I could use it for scrap and salvage some parts from it. So please let me know

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PM sent.... Unable to locate the board (didn't want to take the whole thing apart yet)

Honestly, having to realize that it maybe the board defective, I was hoping to find a board better than the one I have, if I go for the same 1:1 swap, I may face the same problem again, so I am hoping for a board that doesn't have these problems in the future. My CPU is an Intell X9000, so I am...

If worse comes to worse, I'll just get a motherboard off from ebay for the m1730 model. Let me know which motherboard is the latest and poses best performance. I couldn't tell the difference: -Description: Dell XPS M1730 Intel Laptop Motherboard m478, FT342, YU242, 55.4Q601.010 P/N: F513C...

Both of the gold pins are solid, they are not bent or broken, I even used anti-static computer wipes to carefully wipe the inside of the connector... and even with the amount of time cleaning it, it's the same result. :(

I don't think it has anything to do with the AC jack. As McSteel suggested, it may have been the "control/communication IC." But that problem results either if it's the adapter or motherboard in question. The adapter I recently purchased is used and claiming that it works, so what I am going...

I forgot to post this one as well I've disabled the warning previously, and now I went to put it back to default mode. While it is running on AC adapter, I attempted to put the battery into the laptop just to "shock" it, and same thing, it recognizes the battery, but still refuses to...

The laptop starts without the battery installed. On the bios, it would still read as an unknown device

I don't believe my new made China battery would be the problem, it came to me precharged, which in the pictures show has above 50% remaining. It's something to do with the adapter or the motherboard of the DC jack (which I am not hoping). In the desktop, it is showing that the battery has...

It's a genuine Dell adapter, it reads: Output: 19.5V This adapter is REV: A00

I ran into this issue several weeks ago and when through every step in Google and found no real solution. When plugged in, it will not charge my battery and my battery was brand new recently purchased from ebay (because my old battery is dead). I went to the bios only to have found out that the...