Laptop Gamerz - Help?

This is the battery, you can unplug it from the board.

Doug Dawson said:

What is flashing blue, the adapter itself? Can you remove the big battery and try to power on with adapter plugged in?

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The charger indicater on the AC was flashing blue. I took battery out and tried turning on without it connected and this also didn’t work. It’s the first time I’ve ever had any laptop or computer go completely dead like this

mistergrafik said:

I had bought a new charger last night to attempt this ; also tried my old one and nothing had changed. The secondary charger when plugged in was flashing blue

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I missed that sorry. In that case you could have your battery tested, or you may be looking at issues with the board (sometimes where it plugs in causes stress on the board and can break a solder or loosen a screw terminal).

dbz said:

I missed that sorry. In that case you could have your battery tested, or you may be looking at issues with the board (sometimes where it plugs in causes stress on the board and can break a solder or loosen a screw terminal).

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No problem thank u for ur assistance I appreciate it. The board is the most expensive thing to fix no? The board as in MB?

So it's not great news bud. With the battery unplugged it should fire up. Ypu have a new adapter so it's likely to be the motherboard. Let me pull up the specs on that thi g, be right back

mistergrafik said:

No problem thank u for ur assistance I appreciate it. The board is the most expensive thing to fix no? The board as in MB?

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Well it depends. If it is a broken solder or screw terminal a decent tech would fix it in minutes for probably an hour charge.
If it was a surge or something of the like it could be more extensive.

I will say it is relatively common for the issue to be in the female plug on the laptop. A lot of people keep their laptop plugged in and twirl away on the bed, or pull it too far all the time. Much like phone charging ports this can break it away from the board.

EDIT: I forgot to mention you should at least give the charging port a cursory examination to make sure your cat didn't stick something in it that is preventing adequate contact. Cats can be evil and devious.

Here is internal where it plugs into the charger. I don’t know what anything is suppose to look like lol. I am going to remove big battery again now

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I have to agree...might be worth a trip into the shop for them to do a few tests...if rates are reasonable in your area.

So the motherboard is really expensive for that laptop bud. Let me do a bit more digging. Here is a link with step by step replacement, it's not difficult. I will get back to you in a few minutes so take a look, it will at least get you familiar with what's in there.

Doug Dawson said:

So the motherboard is really expensive for that laptop bud. Let me do a bit more digging. Here is a link with step by step replacement, it's not difficult. I will get back to you in a few minutes so take a look, it will at least get you familiar with what's in there.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Motherboard Replacement

With so many components playing a role to make a computer function, it’s important for the components to be able to communicate with each other....

www.ifixit.com

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Ok I figure this part was expensive ; rather I take the files from it and move them to a slower unit until I can salvage this? It was suppose to be top of the line it’s not even 2 years old yet and I wake up to it dead as a door nail.

Maybe I give it some Cal+Mag direct to the power supply?

I have an old Mac but the system is too old for a few programs ; of course the programs I am using often.

thank u Doug I appreciate the help!

mistergrafik said:

Ok I figure this part was expensive ; rather I take the files from it and move them to a slower unit until I can salvage this? It was suppose to be top of the line it’s not even 2 years old yet and I wake up to it dead as a door nail.

Maybe I give it some Cal+Mag direct to the power supply?

I have an old Mac but the system is too old for a few programs ; of course the programs I am using often.

thank u Doug I appreciate the help!

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No problem bud. I have a stack of Toshiba laptops I repaired sitting in my basement. You are welcome to one, they are all loaded with Windows 10. Can also load Sony Vegas on it if you like, my buddy does allot of editing so I scored version 14 for him. I will get back to you shortly, just have to drive to next hospital

mistergrafik said:

Ok I figure this part was expensive ; rather I take the files from it and move them to a slower unit until I can salvage this? It was suppose to be top of the line it’s not even 2 years old yet and I wake up to it dead as a door nail.

Maybe I give it some Cal+Mag direct to the power supply?

I have an old Mac but the system is too old for a few programs ; of course the programs I am using often.

thank u Doug I appreciate the help!

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Hey bud, just going through the manual. What is the sn of your laptop so I can check some part numbers?

Hey @mistergrafik , I seem to have lost you bud.

Doug Dawson said:

Hey @mistergrafik , I seem to have lost you bud.

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My apologies I am back now

mistergrafik said:

My apologies I am back now

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No worries bud. So it looks like that is actually a Gen 2. From what I can tell the power connector is soldered to the main board. It can be replaced but I doubt you will find many shops that will do that work. There are still folks like me who have no issue doing it though. So I guess here are your options.

Find a place to diagnose it cheap. I am pretty confident you have a motherboard issue. You could always call around to see if any of them do board level repair. It is possible it is just the connector that the plug goes into which get damaged all the time. This is the part.

If that is the issues they would have to desolder it, get a new one and solder it in place. Since I doubt you will find many willing to do that kind of work at least they can diagnose and prove the motherboard is the issue.


If the motherboard turns out to be the issue just order one. This is the part number for the board and an alternative board that will work in that unit.



Now in the mean time it looks like that unit has an M.2 1TB hard drive. You can buy an enclosure for under $20. There is one on this page for around $10 and USB 3 option for $16. Get the USB 3 if you are going to buy one as it will allow much faster transfer speeds. I have a few of these specific enclosures and they work great.


All you do is remove the retaining screw in your drive, pull it out and install it in the enclosure. Than plug it into your other laptop via USB cable. You may already know this but I like to be thorough so this is your hard drive.



On the bright side the enclosure will get you access to your data asap while you sort out the repair.

I also was not kidding when I said I had a pile of extras and was willing to give you one.

That is in-depth. Thank u very much for this my friend ; I have 2 leave for abit but I will be back shortly.

will be sending u a PM for some more help later today hopefully I don't break anything!

mistergrafik said:

That is in-depth. Thank u very much for this my friend ; I have 2 leave for abit but I will be back shortly.

will be sending u a PM for some more help later today hopefully I don't break anything!

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No worries brother, I will be here for you

This is my extra pile bud I repair them and give them to needy folk. Especailly helpful wiht o

Similar situation with my Lenovo Thinkpad t420. Charger died and now green led battery charge indicator on T420 is off. Replaced with tested charger but still no power. Suspect it is the power jack module.