I mentioned this issue a while back, but my motherboard has trouble receiving power. Plugging in the AC will result in power flowing for several seconds, then the power will stop. At first, this would only happen occassionally, and I could simply reinsert the plug and it would be ok. However, over time it's gotten gradually worse, to the point where I'm reinserting dozens of times to try to get a consistent connection. At first I thought it must be the AC adapter, but switching to my brother's provided no change. The I talked to HP, and they suggested it was probably a loose power jack. I can't solder for beans, but I opened it up and resoldered the jack connections. Still no change. At this point, I used a multimeter to confirm that the power is flowing on the motherboard, but at some point the motherboard simply stops accepting it.
On HPs recommendation, I took it into RadioShack/CircuitCity, and they came to the same conclusion, except they want to charge me $400 for a new motherboard. I'm not too keen on that idea, so I thought I would start asking around to see if anyone had a spare. Perhaps your R3120CA lost it's screen, or is in some non-motherboard-way defunt? Anyway, if you have any ideas, please share them. Thanks, Alec _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list LinuxR3000@lists.pcxperience.com http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
