06-26-2006, 03:12 PM
My son has a Compaq laptop/notebook computer.
Last summer . . . well, it broke. We *think* it was hit by a lightning strike. One day it worked fine. The next, post thunderstorm, it had issues.
It powered on and booted up just fine and everything worked . . . except the modem.
And, while it operated just fine on the battery charge, there was apparently an issue with the power supply. We tested it with a different power supply cord and various outlets, which we knew worked, but, for whatever reason, the juice wasn't getting to the computer. It never acknoweldge that it was connected to juice.
So, of course, eventually the charge in the battery ran down and now it's dead.
Any ideas what happened? How to fix it? Is it worth fixing?
Last summer . . . well, it broke. We *think* it was hit by a lightning strike. One day it worked fine. The next, post thunderstorm, it had issues.
It powered on and booted up just fine and everything worked . . . except the modem.
And, while it operated just fine on the battery charge, there was apparently an issue with the power supply. We tested it with a different power supply cord and various outlets, which we knew worked, but, for whatever reason, the juice wasn't getting to the computer. It never acknoweldge that it was connected to juice.
So, of course, eventually the charge in the battery ran down and now it's dead.
Any ideas what happened? How to fix it? Is it worth fixing?