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From: mandysharie on 6 Feb 2010 21:05

My HP Paviliion DV6700 laptop is doing the same thing. I purchased my
laptop less than two years ago brand new for around $800. I have
searched and searched online to try and figure out what os wrong with my
laptop and I have found tons on websites that suggest that its the
socket adapter connector. These are awful with HP models. Mine is to
where the battery wont charge all the time, sometimes it will and
sometimes it wont, the screen dims and brightens when the cord is
jiggled in the socket, sometimes my bateery wont charge and it says
plugged in; not charging. From what i have researched this is a pretty
expensive issue to fix most of the time. You usually have to send your
laptop in to be fixed and it can be pretty costly and sometimes even
after they try to repair it, it still isnt guaranteed to fix the
problem. I beleive that i read that it is successfully repaired on about
70% on laptops depending on the brand. Some brands are only successfully
fixed 50% of the time. Also when the socket adapter is bad it can burn
up the motherboard and it sometimes has to be replaced too. A
motherboard is very expensive. If you do have to get a new motherboard
and the socket fixed it will be just as much money as buying another new
laptop. Most manufacters do not warranty the socket adapter repair under
their warranty. I kno HP doesn't. I'm having the same problem currently
with mine and I really hope this is not really the problem because that
is too expensive considering how much the cost of a laptop is when
buying it.


From: Paul on 7 Feb 2010 12:50
mandysharie wrote:
> My HP Paviliion DV6700 laptop is doing the same thing. I purchased my
> laptop less than two years ago brand new for around $800. I have
> searched and searched online to try and figure out what os wrong with my
> laptop and I have found tons on websites that suggest that its the
> socket adapter connector. These are awful with HP models. Mine is to
> where the battery wont charge all the time, sometimes it will and
> sometimes it wont, the screen dims and brightens when the cord is
> jiggled in the socket, sometimes my bateery wont charge and it says
> plugged in; not charging. From what i have researched this is a pretty
> expensive issue to fix most of the time. You usually have to send your
> laptop in to be fixed and it can be pretty costly and sometimes even
> after they try to repair it, it still isnt guaranteed to fix the
> problem. I beleive that i read that it is successfully repaired on about
> 70% on laptops depending on the brand. Some brands are only successfully
> fixed 50% of the time. Also when the socket adapter is bad it can burn
> up the motherboard and it sometimes has to be replaced too. A
> motherboard is very expensive. If you do have to get a new motherboard
> and the socket fixed it will be just as much money as buying another new
> laptop. Most manufacters do not warranty the socket adapter repair under
> their warranty. I kno HP doesn't. I'm having the same problem currently
> with mine and I really hope this is not really the problem because that
> is too expensive considering how much the cost of a laptop is when
> buying it.
>
>

Around page 81 or so, is section "USB/power connector board". The power
jack is a removable subassembly. You won't need to solder anything. It
just unplugs. Replace the assembly with another assembly, and you're done.
The most skilled thing you'll need to know, is how to use a screwdriver.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01295877.pdf (DV6700 manual)

Paul
From: kony on 7 Feb 2010 16:57
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:50:36 -0500, Paul <nospam(a)needed.com>
wrote:

>mandysharie wrote:
>> My HP Paviliion DV6700 laptop is doing the same thing. I purchased my
>> laptop less than two years ago brand new for around $800. I have
>> searched and searched online to try and figure out what os wrong with my
>> laptop and I have found tons on websites that suggest that its the
>> socket adapter connector. These are awful with HP models. Mine is to
>> where the battery wont charge all the time, sometimes it will and
>> sometimes it wont, the screen dims and brightens when the cord is
>> jiggled in the socket, sometimes my bateery wont charge and it says
>> plugged in; not charging. From what i have researched this is a pretty
>> expensive issue to fix most of the time. You usually have to send your
>> laptop in to be fixed and it can be pretty costly and sometimes even
>> after they try to repair it, it still isnt guaranteed to fix the
>> problem. I beleive that i read that it is successfully repaired on about
>> 70% on laptops depending on the brand. Some brands are only successfully
>> fixed 50% of the time. Also when the socket adapter is bad it can burn
>> up the motherboard and it sometimes has to be replaced too. A
>> motherboard is very expensive. If you do have to get a new motherboard
>> and the socket fixed it will be just as much money as buying another new
>> laptop. Most manufacters do not warranty the socket adapter repair under
>> their warranty. I kno HP doesn't. I'm having the same problem currently
>> with mine and I really hope this is not really the problem because that
>> is too expensive considering how much the cost of a laptop is when
>> buying it.
>>
>>
>
>Around page 81 or so, is section "USB/power connector board". The power
>jack is a removable subassembly. You won't need to solder anything. It
>just unplugs. Replace the assembly with another assembly, and you're done.
>The most skilled thing you'll need to know, is how to use a screwdriver.
>
>http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01295877.pdf (DV6700 manual)
>
> Paul


Not sure if you can find something like that on ebay or a
laptop parts website, but it was obscene how much HP wanted
for the equivalent board on a different laptop model, about
$70 plus S/H IIRC.

Considering the cost of it, that it's a simple single-sided
PCB, and that if I applied epoxy on the sides of the jack it
would be reinforced to be more durable than a new one, I'd
be inclined to repair the existing board unless the damage
was more extensive than just breaking the solder joint.
IRRC, the power jack itself can be had for closer to $20 if
it is damaged.


From: Paul on 7 Feb 2010 18:18
kony wrote:

>
>
> Not sure if you can find something like that on ebay or a
> laptop parts website, but it was obscene how much HP wanted
> for the equivalent board on a different laptop model, about
> $70 plus S/H IIRC.
>
> Considering the cost of it, that it's a simple single-sided
> PCB, and that if I applied epoxy on the sides of the jack it
> would be reinforced to be more durable than a new one, I'd
> be inclined to repair the existing board unless the damage
> was more extensive than just breaking the solder joint.
> IRRC, the power jack itself can be had for closer to $20 if
> it is damaged.
>

But at $70, that is cheaper than the $200 a shop would want,
just to "look" at the laptop. Certainly, if you have soldering
and epoxy glue skills, a cheaper repair might be arranged. Or
just solder the adapter permanently to the laptop :-)

It is too bad you couldn't retrofit a Magsafe jack to the thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magsafe

Paul
From: kony on 9 Feb 2010 05:03
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:18:55 -0500, Paul <nospam(a)needed.com>
wrote:

>kony wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Not sure if you can find something like that on ebay or a
>> laptop parts website, but it was obscene how much HP wanted
>> for the equivalent board on a different laptop model, about
>> $70 plus S/H IIRC.
>>
>> Considering the cost of it, that it's a simple single-sided
>> PCB, and that if I applied epoxy on the sides of the jack it
>> would be reinforced to be more durable than a new one, I'd
>> be inclined to repair the existing board unless the damage
>> was more extensive than just breaking the solder joint.
>> IRRC, the power jack itself can be had for closer to $20 if
>> it is damaged.
>>
>
>But at $70, that is cheaper than the $200 a shop would want,
>just to "look" at the laptop. Certainly, if you have soldering
>and epoxy glue skills, a cheaper repair might be arranged. Or
>just solder the adapter permanently to the laptop :-)
>
>It is too bad you couldn't retrofit a Magsafe jack to the thing.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magsafe
>
> Paul


IMO, even someone with no soldering experience would find
learning soldering enough to do a jack, less time than that
required to pull the whole laptop apart to get to it... and
the cost of a soldering iron far lower than a $70 board. I
just feel it inexcusable that HP charges so much for a
pathetically inadequate single sided 1 sq. inch board and
jack, even if it does happen to have a USB socket on it too.

Rather than pay what they ask I would as soon put a plain
panel mount barrel jack on the laptop and AC-DC adapter...
though sometimes I feel that is what they should have done
originally, maybe with a metal reinforcement bracket behind
it.

I suppose there is a positive side to it all, a friend is
sending me a couple laptops in a few days, to one of them I
will be doing a power jack repair and I keep the 2nd laptop
as payment.
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