Compaq Presario R3000 power cord issue. I have owned a Compaq Presario R3000 for about 2 years now and I've been having this extremely annoying issue lately. The computer keeps going into battery mode (the screen is darker) even with the power cord plugged...

Compaq Presario R3000 Power Issue. I have been dealing with the faulty soldering in this unit for over 9 months. Tried the quick fix of punching a hole in the unit over where the soldering is deafective. The Pc worked find for about 7 hours, but now there's...