[ale] Semi-OT: Anyone have an eee 904ha or similar?

[scott]

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This is probably 100% useless information.  But here it is anyways.

Some laptops will not power on, even though they have AC power without the battery in.  The way the manufacture(s) wire the power from the AC plug via the battery to the MoBo.  I dont know why they would do this.  Maybe to save on costs.

Good luck.  Working on nonfunctional laptops and trying to bring them back from their deaths is a painful process that I am going through on a Toshiba Windows machine.  (it isnt mine but I am the geeky guy friend that gets to fix it).

Scott


On Mar 16, 2010, at 8:24 PM, George Carless wrote:

> My eee 904HA netbook (which runs Linux ;p) has mysteriously and suddenly 
> given up the ghost. I've tried a universal power supply and it still 
> doesn't work, so at this point I figure it's either a) the battery 
> (hopefully), or b) the motherboard or something equally serious.  So, I 
> was wondering whether anyone might have the same or a similar netbook 
> whose battery I could try out.  (Or, does anyone know whether the fact 
> that it's not working while plugged in means it's NOT the battery, since 
> it should work anyhow just from direct power?)
> 
> I'm based in the Kirkwood/Oakhurst area and would be glad to buy someone 
> a 6-pack for any help given.
> 
> Thanks,
> George
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