Well, it's a long and amusing story, but what it comes down to is that
I have two laptops, an inspiron 1000 and a 2200, bought a few months
later by my mother and given to me when the 1000 started acting screwy
(it was shutting down viciously whenever the screen got bumped, and no
amount of screw-tightening could solve it). The 2200 now is refusing
to charge a battery or run off AC power. At first wiggling the plug
and pressing it in very hard could get me some charging, but that
stopped working after a wile (switching ac adapters between the 1000
and the 2200 didn't work either), so I took to using the 1000 as a
sort of external battery charger - I kept it plugged in but turned
off, and when power ran low on the 2200 I swapped batteries.
It works, but it's a pain, and I don't have the money for an expensive
fix or a new laptop. Can any of you think of a cheap fix? Did I miss
something obvious?
I am unaware of a cheap fix for the Inspiron 2200 power problem. To repair
requires disassembly and either replacement of the motherboard or the extremely
careful soldering of a new power connector on the present board. Then you have
to hope that the solder job worked.
The sudden shutdown problem of the Inspiron 1000 could be caused by a loose
connection inside or very simply a defective part in there. It would seem like
the shutdown would be caused by a bare circuit or wire shorting out when it
touches something else.
If you are really handy, you could switch the LCD screens between the two and
possibly end up with a fully functional 1000. This assumes that the cause of
the shutdown is inside the LCD screen or cable of the 1000. Of course, there
are also some tests you could do to isolate the problem better before attempting
to create one good computer out of two flaky ones.
These two Dell laptops have a lot in common:
Very similar construction
A lot of common parts, easily interchanged between the two
No service manual
Very cheap construction
If I were Michael Dell, I would want to forget about these and similar models
real fast. Frankly, they are a sign of poor product quality and a cheapening
product on the part of Dell... Ben Myers
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:16:35 -0800 (PST), cerberez <cerberez@gmail.com> wrote:
>Well, it's a long and amusing story, but what it comes down to is that
>I have two laptops, an inspiron 1000 and a 2200, bought a few months
>later by my mother and given to me when the 1000 started acting screwy
>(it was shutting down viciously whenever the screen got bumped, and no
>amount of screw-tightening could solve it). The 2200 now is refusing
>to charge a battery or run off AC power. At first wiggling the plug
>and pressing it in very hard could get me some charging, but that
>stopped working after a while (switching ac adapters between the 1000
>and the 2200 didn't work either), so I took to using the 1000 as a
>sort of external battery charger - I kept it plugged in but turned
>off, and when power ran low on the 2200 I swapped batteries.
>
>It works, but it's a pain, and I don't have the money for an expensive
>fix or a new laptop. Can any of you think of a cheap fix? Did I miss
>something obvious?
>
>thanks so much!
if you are under warranty this can be repaired for free.
also, there are some people on ebay that will repair the power conenctor on
dell laptops for about $100 plus shipping.
there are also people selling the replacement jack for you to solder on to
the motherboard youself which i don't recommend that you do.
"cerberez" <cerberez@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eeebeb23-129e-423e-a986-2e341f601a2b@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> Well, it's a long and amusing story, but what it comes down to is that
> I have two laptops, an inspiron 1000 and a 2200, bought a few months
> later by my mother and given to me when the 1000 started acting screwy
> (it was shutting down viciously whenever the screen got bumped, and no
> amount of screw-tightening could solve it). The 2200 now is refusing
> to charge a battery or run off AC power. At first wiggling the plug
> and pressing it in very hard could get me some charging, but that
> stopped working after a wile (switching ac adapters between the 1000
> and the 2200 didn't work either), so I took to using the 1000 as a
> sort of external battery charger - I kept it plugged in but turned
> off, and when power ran low on the 2200 I swapped batteries.
>
> It works, but it's a pain, and I don't have the money for an expensive
> fix or a new laptop. Can any of you think of a cheap fix? Did I miss
> something obvious?
>
> thanks so much!
Ben Myers wrote:
>
> I am unaware of a cheap fix for the Inspiron 2200 power problem. To repair
> requires disassembly and either replacement of the motherboard or the extremely
> careful soldering of a new power connector on the present board. Then you have
> to hope that the solder job worked.
>
> The sudden shutdown problem of the Inspiron 1000 could be caused by a loose
> connection inside or very simply a defective part in there. It would seem like
> the shutdown would be caused by a bare circuit or wire shorting out when it
> touches something else.
>
> If you are really handy, you could switch the LCD screens between the two and
> possibly end up with a fully functional 1000. This assumes that the cause of
> the shutdown is inside the LCD screen or cable of the 1000. Of course, there
> are also some tests you could do to isolate the problem better before attempting
> to create one good computer out of two flaky ones.
>
> These two Dell laptops have a lot in common:
> Very similar construction
> A lot of common parts, easily interchanged between the two
> No service manual
> Very cheap construction
>
> If I were Michael Dell, I would want to forget about these and similar models
> real fast. Frankly, they are a sign of poor product quality and a cheapening
> product on the part of Dell... Ben Myers
My Inspiron 1200 is my main computer. I keep it working great by
never moving it.
A non-portable portable, eh? Well, that keeps down the stress and strain on
the jack for the A/C adapter, and the jacks on this series are sure flimsy. More
flimsy than most, which are flimsy to begin with. Either a design defect or a
design feature depending on whether you are an owner or the manufacturer.
.... Ben Myers
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:30:04 -0500, Ron Hardin <rhhardin@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Ben Myers wrote:
>>
>> I am unaware of a cheap fix for the Inspiron 2200 power problem. To repair
>> requires disassembly and either replacement of the motherboard or the extremely
>> careful soldering of a new power connector on the present board. Then you have
>> to hope that the solder job worked.
>>
>> The sudden shutdown problem of the Inspiron 1000 could be caused by a loose
>> connection inside or very simply a defective part in there. It would seem like
>> the shutdown would be caused by a bare circuit or wire shorting out when it
>> touches something else.
>>
>> If you are really handy, you could switch the LCD screens between the two and
>> possibly end up with a fully functional 1000. This assumes that the cause of
>> the shutdown is inside the LCD screen or cable of the 1000. Of course, there
>> are also some tests you could do to isolate the problem better before attempting
>> to create one good computer out of two flaky ones.
>>
>> These two Dell laptops have a lot in common:
>> Very similar construction
>> A lot of common parts, easily interchanged between the two
>> No service manual
>> Very cheap construction
>>
>> If I were Michael Dell, I would want to forget about these and similar models
>> real fast. Frankly, they are a sign of poor product quality and a cheapening
>> product on the part of Dell... Ben Myers
>
>My Inspiron 1200 is my main computer. I keep it working great by
>never moving it.
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:59:44 -0500, Ben Myers
<ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote:
>If I were Michael Dell, I would want to forget about these and similar models
>real fast. Frankly, they are a sign of poor product quality and a cheapening
>product on the part of Dell... Ben Myers
I agree. I forgot when the 2200 came out but my first Dell laptop was
an Inspiron 4000/4100 and it was great because of the modular bays
(that actually were in the front). I could have an optical, a floppy,
a zip drive, or a 2nd battery there.
At the time it was perhaps the only laptop that had a 6 hour battery
life (with both modular bays having a battery), and allowed
hot-swapping.
When I was a student learning web programming battery life was of
prime importance. I really liked the Pentium 3m processor -- other
people were tied to power outlets with their P4's and I had freedom
all day away from power outlets.
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