Laptop Problem

[indiansniper]

Ok... I bought a notebook couple of years ago when i was in South Africa. I it was working fine until one day it just stopped and so i thought the battery was down and i pluged in the charger and tried to turn it on and it would not it just made this pattering noice. So i pulled the plug back out and opened it. when i opened the part near the cpu it was really hot. This one little card like thing which i don't know what it is called so i have pictures below but anyways it was really hot so i think that was the problem. Can anyone help me out?The card that was really hot
This is the side view of the card
The card is inserted in that little connector below the cpu
The top view of the card with the dip switches

P.S. FIXED THE LINKS

 

[ShellGuy]

linkie no workie on my system......




Will G

 

[tyim]

Originally posted by: ShellGuy
linkie no workie on my system......




Will G

 

[indiansniper]

FIXED THE LINKS

 

[OrganizedChaos]

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/indiansniper/DSC02187.JPG

can you take a less blurry pic of that.
what does that label say

the board looks like a voltage regulator for the cpu

anything on it look burn't, bubbled or leaking? anything smell like "magic blue smoke"? anything of interest under that tape (well it looks like tape)?

 

[indiansniper]

The label just says:

------- 1--- 2--- 3--- 4
2.2v on - off off off
2.45v off -on off off
2.8v Off -Off on off

The Black thing in the corner of http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/indiansniper/DSC02187.JPG that was the one that was the hottest and smells.

Ok here is a picture of the stuff under the tape
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/indiansniper/DSC02190.JPG

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: indiansniper
The label just says:

------- 1--- 2--- 3--- 4
2.2v on - off off off
2.45v off -on off off
2.8v Off -Off on off

The Black thing in the corner of http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/indiansniper/DSC02187.JPG that was the one that was the hottest and smells.

Ok here is a picture of the stuff under the tape
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/indiansniper/DSC02190.JPG

yup that the voltage regulator alright. you'll need to find someone local to you thats experianced with this kind of thing. you don't need an EE just someone that has the equipment to test and replace as needed. its probably a $.50 cent part that you need just a mattter of finding sombody who knows how to use a scope and soldering station. got any friends who work in manufacturing.

keep in mind thats its possible that that chip is desgned to run warm, or perhaps something else down the line fried and took it out with it.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

whoa, judging by the looks of that Pentium MMX 200 MHz (same exact proc in a 8 year old pc i have sitting around) you'd have to think about whether its worth fixing or not, you'd be better off treating yourself to a new laptop, as todays laptops are at least 15 times faster than what you've got there