Hi all, I have a Dell Latitude Cpx - about 5 or 6 years old and it has
suddenly died on me.
There are no lights lit on the laptop when I plug in the charger and the
battery is flat and won't charge, The charger is working ok.
I am thinking that the motherboard is kaput and will need changing but I
could well be wrong - does anyone have any idea what else could be wrong
with it ?

Many thanks for any input,

Franko.

Franko wrote:
>
> Hi all, I have a Dell Latitude Cpx - about 5 or 6 years old and it has
> suddenly died on me.
> There are no lights lit on the laptop when I plug in the charger and the
> battery is flat and won't charge, The charger is working ok.
> I am thinking that the motherboard is kaput and will need changing but I
> could well be wrong - does anyone have any idea what else could be wrong
> with it ?

1. How do you know the charger is working if there are no lights?

2. From a financial standpoint, you might want to think twice before
sinking any money into a close-to-worthless laptop.

Notan

"Notan" <notan@ddress.thatcanbespammed> wrote in message
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> Franko wrote:
>>
>> Hi all, I have a Dell Latitude Cpx - about 5 or 6 years old and it has
>> suddenly died on me.
>> There are no lights lit on the laptop when I plug in the charger and the
>> battery is flat and won't charge, The charger is working ok.
>> I am thinking that the motherboard is kaput and will need changing but I
>> could well be wrong - does anyone have any idea what else could be wrong
>> with it ?
>
> 1. How do you know the charger is working if there are no lights?
>
> 2. From a financial standpoint, you might want to think twice before
> sinking any money into a close-to-worthless laptop.
>
> Notan
Exactly, worse comes to worse, you can invest $25 or 30 bux in an external
USB HD enclosure to get at the hard drive and data. And just get a new
notebook.

Try replacing the Dc to Dc card under the keyboard. They are about 35
bux
> >>
> >> Hi all, I have a Dell Latitude Cpx - about 5 or 6 years old and it has
> >> suddenly died on me.
> >> There are no lights lit on the laptop when I plug in the charger and the
> >> battery is flat and won't charge, The charger is working ok.
> >> I am thinking that the motherboard is kaput and will need changing but I
> >> could well be wrong - does anyone have any idea what else could be wrong
> >> with it ?
> >
> > 1. How do you know the charger is working if there are no lights?
> >
> > 2. From a financial standpoint, you might want to think twice before
> > sinking any money into a close-to-worthless laptop.
> >
> > Notan
> Exactly, worse comes to worse, you can invest $25 or 30 bux in an external
> USB HD enclosure to get at the hard drive and data. And just get a new
> notebook.