Going offline until this laptop gets fixed. The AC power connection is flaky and has to be replaced - screen is flashing with the AC on-off issue. The AC power adapters also bite - I'm on my 2nd power supply and daughter is also on her 2nd one. Wish it was just replacing the adapter again on this laptop as that is a lot less expensive fix.

In two games so I hope someone gets some target practice in.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

I've had at least 3 Dell laptop power supplies go belly up on me over the years, and they are a bit expensive. Managed to cobble up a working one once by cannibalizing the others, that one is still working after 6 years believe it or not.

I've had 2 Dell laptops.

I've had 4 power supplies. & 4 batteries.

Now I have a loose power port on my laptop mother board. I used some Velcro to attach the power cable to the laptop lid so that it holds it at the proper angle to charge it.

I just figured it's the price I pay for mobility. I'll go back to a desktop kicking and screaming.

The loose power port is the exact issue I had and moving the cable then securing it worked for about a month. The problem will most likely only get worse as mine did and having a "strobe light" for a monitor isn't good. The problem has been fixed and I found most repair places charge around $150 to repair. The part is fairly cheap, and if you want to take a chance on fixing it yourself it would cost a lot less. I didn't want to chance futzing up the mobo. So now the laptop is up and running again with a 24 hour turn around.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

Fortunately I have a an old corpie that happens to own a computer repair shop and lives down the street from me.

Laff. Speaking of Roberts, his shop was mentioned on a broadcast a while back. I sent you the link.

I never did get that link. Wanna PM me? I don't check the traitor@tw-cabal.com e-mail anymore. it turned into a giant spam bucket.

Roberts also does a weekly radio broadcast about PC stuff. He keeps bugging me to go on there and field wireless questions.

I'll see if I can find it again. Was a while ago.

I didn't know questions had wires to begin with...