From thp at perli.net Sat Sep 9 13:13:36 2006 From: thp at perli.net (Thomas Perl) Date: Sat Sep 9 13:13:50 2006 Subject: [OmniBook] xe4500: defective power socket Message-ID: <45C2E74F-9C44-4193-B4E5-08851CA51FAD@perli.net> Hello, List! My brother's xe4500's power socket (the small plastic/metal piece where you plug in your power adapter's cord) is broken - it simply fell off of the xe4500's mainboard. Photos of the disassembly and the socket/connector can be found here: http://thpinfo.com/2006/xe4500-disassembly/ Is there a way to fix the omnibook or get a replacement connector, as seen on the photos on the page above? Thanks, Thomas From stephan.anstoetz at freenet.de Sat Sep 9 15:52:31 2006 From: stephan.anstoetz at freenet.de (=?windows-1252?Q?Stephan_Anst=F6tz?=) Date: Sat Sep 9 15:52:43 2006 Subject: [OmniBook] xe4500: defective power socket In-Reply-To: <45C2E74F-9C44-4193-B4E5-08851CA51FAD@perli.net> References: <45C2E74F-9C44-4193-B4E5-08851CA51FAD@perli.net> Message-ID: <45031B7F.4000300@freenet.de> Hello, I just had the same problem with an Omnibook XE3 this week. The midle pin of the jack was broken out. I went to the local electronics store and found a replacement. Normally it should be quite easy to solder a new one in. However, I must have broken something else. It does not switch-on anymore, no LEDs come on. When putting the flat battery though, the LEDs flicker just a short instant. I found a few DC jacs on ebay as well. They seem to be quite expensive and cost a lot of postage. I paid 40 ? cents instead of more than 10 ? or $. Good luck. Stephan Thomas Perl wrote: > Hello, List! > > My brother's xe4500's power socket (the small plastic/metal piece > where you plug in your power adapter's cord) is broken - it simply > fell off of the xe4500's mainboard. Photos of the disassembly and the > socket/connector can be found here: > > http://thpinfo.com/2006/xe4500-disassembly/ > > Is there a way to fix the omnibook or get a replacement connector, as > seen on the photos on the page above? > > > Thanks, > Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > OmniBook mailing list > OmniBook@zurich.csail.mit.edu > http://zurich.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/omnibook > > From peter at new.co.za Sun Sep 10 13:34:06 2006 From: peter at new.co.za (Peter H.M.Brooks) Date: Sun Sep 10 13:39:18 2006 Subject: [OmniBook] Re: OmniBook Digest, Vol 8, Issue 1 In-Reply-To: <200609101600.k8AG09EF010950@zurich.csail.mit.edu> References: <200609101600.k8AG09EF010950@zurich.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <45044C8E.5040108@new.co.za> I had exactly that problem about three years ago - I had somebody at HP solder it back and it's been fine since. omnibook-request@zurich.csail.mit.edu wrote: > Send OmniBook mailing list submissions to > omnibook@zurich.csail.mit.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://zurich.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/omnibook > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > omnibook-request@zurich.csail.mit.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > omnibook-owner@zurich.csail.mit.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OmniBook digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. xe4500: defective power socket (Thomas Perl) > 2. Re: xe4500: defective power socket (Stephan Anst?tz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 19:13:36 +0200 > From: Thomas Perl > Subject: [OmniBook] xe4500: defective power socket > To: omnibook@zurich.csail.mit.edu > Message-ID: <45C2E74F-9C44-4193-B4E5-08851CA51FAD@perli.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Hello, List! > > My brother's xe4500's power socket (the small plastic/metal piece > where you plug in your power adapter's cord) is broken - it simply > fell off of the xe4500's mainboard. Photos of the disassembly and the > socket/connector can be found here: > > http://thpinfo.com/2006/xe4500-disassembly/ > > Is there a way to fix the omnibook or get a replacement connector, as > seen on the photos on the page above? > > > Thanks, > Thomas > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:52:31 +0200 > From: Stephan Anst?tz > Subject: Re: [OmniBook] xe4500: defective power socket > To: OmniBook@zurich.csail.mit.edu > Message-ID: <45031B7F.4000300@freenet.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Hello, > > I just had the same problem with an Omnibook XE3 this week. The midle > pin of the jack was broken out. I went to the local electronics store > and found a replacement. > Normally it should be quite easy to solder a new one in. However, I must > have broken something else. It does not switch-on anymore, no LEDs come > on. When putting the flat battery though, the LEDs flicker just a short > instant. > I found a few DC jacs on ebay as well. They seem to be quite expensive > and cost a lot of postage. I paid 40 ? cents instead of more than 10 ? or $. > > Good luck. > Stephan > > Thomas Perl wrote: > >> Hello, List! >> >> My brother's xe4500's power socket (the small plastic/metal piece >> where you plug in your power adapter's cord) is broken - it simply >> fell off of the xe4500's mainboard. Photos of the disassembly and the >> socket/connector can be found here: >> >> http://thpinfo.com/2006/xe4500-disassembly/ >> >> Is there a way to fix the omnibook or get a replacement connector, as >> seen on the photos on the page above? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Thomas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OmniBook mailing list >> OmniBook@zurich.csail.mit.edu >> http://zurich.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/omnibook >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > OmniBook mailing list > OmniBook@zurich.csail.mit.edu > http://zurich.csail.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/omnibook > > > End of OmniBook Digest, Vol 8, Issue 1 > ************************************** > >