Laptop problems - no idea

[hobo]

Its a HP Compaq NX9110.

It doesn't seem to be charging at all. I bought a new mains adaptor thinking it may be that. It wasn't. I then bought a new battery. Again nothing.

What likely to be the problem & is it worth fixing or is it going to be just as cheap to buy another laptop ?

[SGirl]

I had this problem with my old Compaq. Don't know if it's related, but this might be worth a try.

Does it start to charge when you wiggle the connector around at the back? Try holding it in, try pulling it gently to one side while it's plugged in, try unplugging and plugging again...

There's a known fault with some Compaq models which results in something or other in the connector working loose, which stops the thing from charging. Don't know if this is your problem, but it might be worth checking out. Very few people offer repairs for this fault, if this is what's wrong.

I gave up on mine in the end and bought a new one.

[hobo]

Sounds the same.

It does (or did) charge if you wiggled it a bit, unfortunately its past that stage now & doesn't do a thing.

[SneakyNeil]

I've had some sucess in the past re-soldering the power jack onto the motherboard, not a job for those frightened of hundreds of tiny screws though

[SGirl]

hobo said:

Sounds the same.

It does (or did) charge if you wiggled it a bit, unfortunately its past that stage now & doesn't do a thing.

That was exactly what mine did. I ended up finding ever more creative ways to persuade it to charge, including standing it on its side, with a heavy dictionary holding down the connector... I tried loads of places that claimed to repair PCs, not one of them would touch it. One lot agreed to look in the end, for about £200 with no guarantee of a repair. I did find someone who specialised in repairing Compaq laptops - in the US.

Just get rid of it. Loads of nice laptops out there without throwing good money after bad.

[SGirl]

SneakyNeil said:

I've had some sucess in the past re-soldering the power jack onto the motherboard, not a job for those frightened of hundreds of tiny screws though

That's exactly what you need to do, according to the various places I found info. I'm scared of stuff like that, but I'm not scared of buying new computers.