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hi guys, my mrs has a zg5 notebook and on sunday she noticed that the notebook wouldnt charge unless the charger was fiddled with and in a wierd position, the following day it wont turn on and it wont charge. not do any lights come on when the charger is plugged in, the orange light flashes 3 times when i hit the power button but thats it. Im not sure if its the charger cable, the port where the charger slots into on the netbook or something else. im considering a tear down and the guide looks straight forward, im just looking for some possible reasons to help me fix this from you guys please :) Thanks Steve
There is the possibility that the charger has a broken connection on the DC plug. Gt a multimeter and plug in the charger. Attach the multimeter to the DC plug and see if you have any output. Move the plug around and see if it either gets power or loses power. It is also possible that the DC adapter on your mother board has either come loose on the board or has broken solder connection. The only way to determine that is by opening it up and using a multimeter to see if you are getting power with the AC Adapter plugged in. Hope this will get you started and let us know what you find out. Good Luck.
ok does anyone happen to know the power-connector on the motherboard itself’s specs? the center-post for the connection in the laptop apparently broke off .. was considering just saying the !^@% with it and soldering the power connector wires together making in effect a permanent powercord, but if its plausible to buy and replace that connector… lol 3razar3@gmail.com
