HP G60 No Power- Blinking Power LED
HP G60 - No Power, Will not turn on, Will not charge This unit arrives with No Power Problem. When plugging in the AC Adapter I notice that the Power LED is (steady) blinking. The Power button does not work and does not light the charge light, so I can diagnose this as a major POWER IN problem. Inspecting the power section behind the DC Jack and the bottom side of the board. Turning the board over, I notice a section burnt and a cap missing. So- the first thing I do is remove the caps indicated as 1,2 ,3 in pictures. Then do a quick test- plug the power adapter back into the unit. The power LED no longer blinks. Cleaning up the area shows me that the cap indicated by #3 had severely shorted and the frayed metal end was also shorting the #1 cap. Removing the solder from the pad, and the welded metal from the missing cap, I have a working surface area to replace the parts. These are standard ceramic caps that can be found on an old ...