Dell CPi Laptop Power Up Problem

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Hi y'all,

My wife's Dell CPi PII 266 bit the dust a few days ago. She was
working on it and had the AC power adapter plugged in and then it just
died, no light, no sounds, no nothing. I also noticed that the light
on the AC adapter was blinking. So then I thought maybe that the AC
adapter somehow got screwy and the laptop went on battery power until
it eventually drained. I tested for this by disconnecting the AC
power adapter and plugging the laptop to my car adapter. No luck,
still nothing. I suspect there's a board issue.

If anyone can suggest more trouble shooting tips please forward to me.
I may just have to sell the laptop for parts cuz it's not worth
fixing. I then will need some suggestions on how to recover the info
on the HD.

Thanx for any help,

- JGG

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mojado44@yahoo.com (El Mojado) wrote in message news:<56757fb7.0404281200.411b8d6f@posting.google.com>...
> Hi y'all,
>
> My wife's Dell CPi PII 266 bit the dust a few days ago. She was
> working on it and had the AC power adapter plugged in and then it just
> died, no light, no sounds, no nothing. I also noticed that the light
> on the AC adapter was blinking. So then I thought maybe that the AC
> adapter somehow got screwy and the laptop went on battery power until
> it eventually drained. I tested for this by disconnecting the AC
> power adapter and plugging the laptop to my car adapter. No luck,
> still nothing. I suspect there's a board issue.
>
> If anyone can suggest more trouble shooting tips please forward to me.
> I may just have to sell the laptop for parts cuz it's not worth
> fixing. I then will need some suggestions on how to recover the info
> on the HD.
>
> Thanx for any help,
>
> - JGG

Well I went ahead a bought used motherboard from yahoo auctions for
about $15. Popped it in and now the latop works like a champ. I guess
I had a burned out board. Anyways, thank you all for you suggestions.

- JGG