Power problem with HP Pavilion zt1175...help!?

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I read with interest your post regarding bad AC Power jacks on HP /
Compaq laptops.

I am an attorney who does consumer class action litigation. In fact,
that is all I do.

If you are interested in information on how class actions work in the
context you are describing, I would be happy to talk with you.

Let me know you if you are interested,

Alan Himmelfarb (who is, yes, working on this Sunday (:-(




On 15 Aug 2004 04:56:45 -0700, intrepid_dw@hotmail.com (David Whitney)
wrote:

>Hello, all. Medium long story here....looking for help..
>
>I have a two-year-old HP Pavilion zt1175 laptop. The other day, the
>battery >poof< died, essentialy without warning. So I bought a
>replacement, popped it in, everything looked good, and the laptop ran
>for just under 2 hours on the battery's first full charge.
>
>HP has an internal battery calibration routine (both in the firmware
>and in Widnows) you're supposed to run on a new battery to calibrate
>the laptop's internal battery gauge. I started running it, and it
>advised it would be a multi-hour process to discharge and recharge the
>battery, which I expected.
>
>At the end of the discharge process, something happened. The unit
>dropped power - but not completely off -- the power and battery lights
>went to about half-brightness - but not off - on the front panel, and
>a ** buzzz ** started coming out of the speakers. It seemed to be
>getting power, but nowhere near enough to function, thus the thing
>will no longer boot.
>
>I took out the battery, running only on the AC adapter, and the same
>thing - dim power/charge lights, but no boot. After several cycles of
>removing the battery and replacing it with the old one and then
>putting the new one back, then running it once with NO battery, it
>finally came on long enough for Windows to *almost* boot, then drop
>power without warning and go back into dim-light "buzz" mode.
>
>I thought the AC adapter had gone south, but it is still putting out
>19VDC per my meter. As it stands now, it looks like its running on
>about half-power, leaving me to guess that something in the power
>cicuitry somewhere has failed. Does anyone have any ideas on how to
>resuscitate this box?
>
>Thanks,
>David