carl97

Hi, do you have to fiddle about with power plug to switch your laptop on, only to find that you move a little and it shuts off or reboots. That could be the faulty power Jack Problem. Basically the Socket has come loose on the Motherboard and causes intermittent problems. To determine this please remove battery, plug in Charger, make sure charger lights up or is powered on. Move the Small plug left to right, up and down semi firmly. If it switches on for briefly or stays on then that’s the problem. On the other hand if your Laptop is on but moving the socket switches off then it could be a loose plug / Socket (If replaced) or the same Power jack problem.

HP and many repair shops will advice to change the motherboard or laptop and are not willing to undertake the repair. I have Proof that HP know of the problem with the weak solder points around the power connector. I can’t accuse anyone but listen to this. How many people outside the warranty have this problem, then look how many people within the warranty, the most likely is 1 year and 5 months. In the old days with HP in mind, In one day I received 15 calls from people with the exact same series Printers all failing at near enough exactly the same time. I tried to get feedback from other people in the repair trade to confirm my thoughts. My conclusion along with 4 others where that the machines must be on a timing chip. There was a lot of this issue in the days. Pretty much 100% HP where up to tricks, and I somehow know they still are. I would raise a bet to stake that researchers have been working on stresses of solder joints. It doesn’t take a scientist to know that heat expands, cold contracts and on a small surface even more so.

Just a Little thought, the power system of any system is the heart of the Unit, most crucial point of fail. These big companies spend Millions if not tons more on product research and lab research. I say no way they made a mistake on making the main power distribution in 35000-40000 units.
Not sure if this is true, I heard that 92% of these units fail after 1 Year 6 Months and a further 6% after 5 Years and 0.1% last 10 Years.
(Closet keepers and technophobes probably)

If in the UK I offer the repair for a small fee.
In Europe if you pay both end Postage and small fee then it's acceptable
Unfortunately outside Europe takes too long and is Expensive postage I don't think it is fair so I advise you to do the work locally. I am quite willing to give rough guide through the repair and extra support to someone outside Europe if this person is undertaking repairs of this nature.

If you need any further help You can contact me at: carl97@truestate.com