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Solo 9500 - doesn't boot
My CMOS battery diagnosos is wrong, replacement of it doesn't fix the fact
that my tried and true 9500 laptop wont boot. From line power or battery it coughs a few times and dies after powering up. The strange thing is that if I leave it fully powered on for about 2 hours it'll boot after turning it off and back on immediately. It's a mystery to the guy in the shop. He wants to replace the motherboard. What do you thing? Regards, Denzil. |
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Solo 9500 - doesn't boot
Denzil Hathway wrote:
My CMOS battery diagnosos is wrong, replacement of it doesn't fix the fact that my tried and true 9500 laptop wont boot. From line power or battery it coughs a few times and dies after powering up. The strange thing is that if I leave it fully powered on for about 2 hours it'll boot after turning it off and back on immediately. It's a mystery to the guy in the shop. He wants to replace the motherboard. What do you thing? Regards, Denzil. Too old to repair... Ben Myers |
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Solo 9500 - doesn't boot
Denzil Hathway wrote:
My CMOS battery diagnosos is wrong, replacement of it doesn't fix the fact that my tried and true 9500 laptop wont boot. From line power or battery it coughs a few times and dies after powering up. The strange thing is that if I leave it fully powered on for about 2 hours it'll boot after turning it off and back on immediately. It's a mystery to the guy in the shop. He wants to replace the motherboard. What do you thing? Regards, Denzil. Let me rephrase that... Repair costs are very likely to be more than the laptop is worth due to the labor of replacing an entire motherboard, a true pain-in-the-ass job with almost all laptops. A used Solo 9500 in A-1 condition is worth no more than $150. It would be far more cost effective to find a working 9500 bottom chassis and transplant screen, hard drive and optical drive onto the replacement. With the right size of screen (14" or 15"), a 9550 chassis would work, too, and it would be a small upgrade... Ben Myers |
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Solo 9500 - doesn't boot
Hi!
My CMOS battery diagnosos is wrong, replacement of it doesn't fix the fact that my tried and true 9500 laptop wont boot. From line power or battery it coughs a few times and dies after powering up. I'm not sure it is worth repairing it, unless you were to happen on a really good deal for some guaranteed working or new old stock parts. You or your repairman may end up throwing a lot more at it than it is worth. If you were comfortable doing the work yourself and thought you get the parts cheap, I'd say "sure, why not"...all you lose is your time and a few bucks. What do you thing? Have your repairman find and look at the DC-DC converter board. Nearly all laptops have one. It generates multiple voltages to power everything in the system from one or a few other voltages. With sporadic power up, or failure to turn on at all, it's the first place I'd look. Since the machine still tries to function, it could be something simple and cheap like capacitors. But if I were you, I'd play it safe and get the machine started up. When you do, make a backup right away, and consider getting a newer system. William |
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