Re: [Thinkpad] TP240 won't take AC power in

I have seen that problem in the 600 series, the cure has been to replace the
system board. Sorry I can't be of more help.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kev" <co273@bfn.org>
To: "Cottrell, Eric" <ecottrell@doble.com>
Cc: "ThinkPad Mailing List" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 1:51 PM
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] TP240 won't take AC power in

> Hmm...How do I diagnose that? Wiggle it around and see if I get
> intermittent power? I wonder if there is a more comprehensive way of
> tracing it.
>
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Cottrell, Eric wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would suspect a soldered connection on the coaxial power plug came
> > loose.
> > I would look inside at the coaxial power plug area.
> >
> > 73 Eric
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kev [mailto:co273@bfn.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:30 AM
> > To: ThinkPad Mailing List
> > Subject: [Thinkpad] TP240 won't take AC power in
> >
> >
> > Hi guys. Some black gentleman on the subway knocked my 300MHz Thinkpad
> > 240 onto the floor this morning. He apologized profusely and ran off to
> > the next car. The machine was in a nylon protector pouch and it is on
> > suspend.
> >
> > I powered it back up immediately and everything seemed functional.
> > However, when I plugged it back up at work, I discovered to my dismay
> > that
> > the machine would not take power from the AC adapter anymore. Won't
> > charge the battery, won't take power from the mains...would only work
> > with
> > the battery. So, the good question is...is it time for a new
> > motherboard,
> > or is there something else I should try first? Any user experience in
> > this matter? Try a disassembly/multimeter trace first?
> >
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