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Laptop Power issues

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Fryguy043

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So the piece where the AC-adapter plugs in broke on my laptop. I got a new one and sautered it on. Put everything back together the way it was and tried to turn it on. Nothing happens. When you hit the other buttons on the same little circuit board that the power switch is on it turns on.. then off then on..then off.. ect. It stays on for about 1.5 seconds before it turns back off.

When you plug the AC adapter in you get the charging light on the front of the laptop. SO I don't think the sauter job is the problem. Also it does the exact same thing when you only have the battery in, or only have the AC adapter plugged in and not the battery.

The laptop is an HP Pavilion ZE 4230

Any suggestions on what I should try next?
I've tried just posting the board with just he CPU, RAM and the power switch board hooked up, but it does the same thing.

HELP!

 
I solved the problem. I put too much arctic silver on my heat sink. The chip was overheating. The part I soldered on was the little black plastic piece that the AC adapter plugs into.
 
You should also put a drop of super glue under the charge jack to firmly secure it to the motherboard. The solder tabs alone will not hold it. Those jacks break all the time. Lots of stress on them.
 
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