PCG F610 shut off

[tobio]

My old PCG F610 just winked off last night. One minute it was on then it was dead...not a flicker, nothing. It was on ac power at the time and I bumped it while I was moving it...very small bump but thats when it just went off........
Is there a fuse anywhere in this lap top? I have had it apart before ( fan, hard drive, memory )... so I am able to do my own work on it to a point..... very strange.
Any hints greatly appreciated. Would like to rescue this old machine if possible.

[k1dash]

i know how it feels when your machine is out . but i think it time to move on and get a new machine and sell that one after fixing it.

[tobio]

yeah I know ... but in fact since i did the upgrades it really has been very useable!... does what I need. But now it would be nice to fix it, then I won't have to dig out the drive and rescue my info!
I feel it is something simple, but not sure what. Of course it might be gone forever:smileycry:

[rich912]

One minute it was on then it was dead...not a flicker, nothing.

Are you not even getting the green power light?

[tobio]

thanks for the reply. No not a thing... like not one electron is getting to it!
I had the battery in and out, the power cord in and out.... nothing.
I have it apart presently.... don't see much... the little battery is in place on the board and I have not touched that yet....... don't think that has much to do with the power to the machine...
so that is where I am presently

[rich912]

Is sounds as though something has come adrift on the motherboard, but how you are going to trace the problem I have no idea! I had the same problem on a desktop, a few years ago, and managed to rectify it, but on a notebook¿¿.:smileysad:

All I can do is wish you luck!

[tobio]

thanks.... are you aware of any fuse in there?... i don't see one.
you may be right ... if it is the board then i expect it is all over. It was so sudden I was hoping for something simple ... a wire getting knocked loose.... just not sure where to look.......
well perhaps someone will have a brilliant idea!
thanks again

[rich912]

There is no fuse that I know of.

Just a thought, do you know for a fact that the battery was functioning prior to the failure? There is always the possibility that it was already dead and it is the power adaptor that has failed.

[kee-lo_]

The only fuse is in the plug.
It could be a lot of things, hope it's not the mobo.

[tobio]

thanks again...
the battery is indeed an antique, but it has been functioning I think, although I haven't used it without plugging in for a long time.
I will look along those lines.
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