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    problems with x83v

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by sgtarky, Dec 13, 2010.

  1. sgtarky

    sgtarky Notebook Consultant

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    Has anyone had and power issues with thier x83v's? Mine had been fairly trouble free, one day the wife said it had a horrible smell and wasn't charging. It was working great on battery power. I open it and see that it had a burn on one of the posts of the power jack. The powerbrick tests fine and used and another to test. now I am guessing there is something wrong with the power circuit so I looked for another board. It took me 2 months to finally win a bid one. I put it in, boot it up on batter power, I am elated...plug the ac power in and then it releases the magic smoke :( so what could be shorting this out? could it simply be a bad jack, a replacement jack will fix it? I find it hard to believe the board I just purchased had a bad jack too.
     
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    How are you testing the AC adapter? Did you check how many amps it's putting out in addition to the voltage?

    It's hard to believe you can have two boards literally go up in smoke and not have a bad AC adapter.
     
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    sgtarky Notebook Consultant

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    I tested it with a volt meter. If it's a bad powerbrick and it simply popped a cap, is it fixable? I know usually power problems you can simply replace the blown cap, I don't want to have to change most of the components on this.
     
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    The problem with the caps on laptop boards is that they're surface mount. They are nearly impossible to replace.

    Does it run on battery anymore?
     
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    sgtarky Notebook Consultant

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    yes both motherboards still work on battery power. I noticed with the board I just purchased, when I plugged the brick into it, the light on the brick blinked off and on.
     
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    The brick is doing that because there's no continuity with your fried plug. You really need to look at the board to assess the damage and tell if you've fried the traces and any resistors or capacitors. What does the other board look like?
     
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    I haven't looked at the new board after it released the smoke. the blinking happened before the smoke release. I guess these are pretty good computers because I haven't any posts(googling) about this issue. I am leaning toward the powerbrick, its possible it is putting out too much amps.
     
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