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From: M.L. on 17 Feb 2010 04:41

Hello. My niece's netbook (Acer Aspire One ZG5 AOA150, WinXP) won't
power up at all, even after buying a new DC adapter. Nothing lights up
at all after plugging in whether the battery is attached or not. She
said the problem started after seeing a spark at the adapter/jack as
she tried to connect it to the netbook. The netbook is out of
warranty.

I've not seen this issue duplicated in all my googling. Nor have I
seen sales of replacement power supplies for this netbook, and I can't
find a hardware manual for it to see how to open the netbook. We need
advice on how to troubleshoot her netbook from here. Any ideas
appreciated. Thanks.
From: BillW50 on 17 Feb 2010 07:58
In news:uodnn5h3vkc6bi2s2e3kmjutv7gmkbhjir(a)4ax.com,
M.L. typed on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:41:16 -0600:
> Hello. My niece's netbook (Acer Aspire One ZG5 AOA150, WinXP) won't
> power up at all, even after buying a new DC adapter. Nothing lights up
> at all after plugging in whether the battery is attached or not. She
> said the problem started after seeing a spark at the adapter/jack as
> she tried to connect it to the netbook. The netbook is out of
> warranty.
>
> I've not seen this issue duplicated in all my googling. Nor have I
> seen sales of replacement power supplies for this netbook, and I can't
> find a hardware manual for it to see how to open the netbook. We need
> advice on how to troubleshoot her netbook from here. Any ideas
> appreciated. Thanks.

Well it sounds like the jack on the motherboard might be broken. If that
isn't it, then it must be more serious problems with the motherboard.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3


From: M.L. on 17 Feb 2010 08:29


>> Hello. My niece's netbook (Acer Aspire One ZG5 AOA150, WinXP) won't
>> power up at all, even after buying a new DC adapter. Nothing lights up
>> at all after plugging in whether the battery is attached or not. She
>> said the problem started after seeing a spark at the adapter/jack as
>> she tried to connect it to the netbook. The netbook is out of
>> warranty.
>>
>> I've not seen this issue duplicated in all my googling. Nor have I
>> seen sales of replacement power supplies for this netbook, and I can't
>> find a hardware manual for it to see how to open the netbook. We need
>> advice on how to troubleshoot her netbook from here. Any ideas
>> appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Well it sounds like the jack on the motherboard might be broken. If that
>isn't it, then it must be more serious problems with the motherboard.

Thanks for your reply. I tried jiggling the jack but it looks solid.
What I'd like are instructions on how to open the netbook to replace
that jack. They're fairly cheap on eBay.
From: the wharf rat on 17 Feb 2010 09:31
In article <7lrnn5pls3nr3j782h1ogc2t2792jt6o3q(a)4ax.com>,
M.L. <me(a)privacy.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>Thanks for your reply. I tried jiggling the jack but it looks solid.
>What I'd like are instructions on how to open the netbook to replace
>that jack. They're fairly cheap on eBay.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/19/aa1_memory_upgrade/print.html


From: Barry Watzman on 17 Feb 2010 14:28
The power supply is on the motherboard; so you would not be looking for
a power supply, you would be looking for a motherboard.

It would be good to determine if the problem is the jack. I have seen
the jack contact wires broken INSIDE the jack. What you need to do to
eliminate the jack (or find that the problem is the jack) is either
measure DC on the motherboard (coming through the jack) or apply DC to
the motherboard directly, bypassing the jack.

There are a few places on E-Bay that do motherboard component level
repair. Search for "motherboard repair".

Otherwise, motherboard problems are difficult to impossible to fix.


M.L. wrote:
> Hello. My niece's netbook (Acer Aspire One ZG5 AOA150, WinXP) won't
> power up at all, even after buying a new DC adapter. Nothing lights up
> at all after plugging in whether the battery is attached or not. She
> said the problem started after seeing a spark at the adapter/jack as
> she tried to connect it to the netbook. The netbook is out of
> warranty.
>
> I've not seen this issue duplicated in all my googling. Nor have I
> seen sales of replacement power supplies for this netbook, and I can't
> find a hardware manual for it to see how to open the netbook. We need
> advice on how to troubleshoot her netbook from here. Any ideas
> appreciated. Thanks.
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