I revived a 5300 that suffered a similar fate (dog ran into the thin adapter cable, bending the male input plug and breaking the female AC adapter's plastic housing and loosening the solder connections on the motherboard).
Once I fixed the broken plastic housing and resoldered the three "legs" that fit into the motherboard, the AC adapter still didn't work. Long story short, I finally discovered that the braided wire "wrap" inside the outer plastic wire, which becomes a wire that is soldered to the outer, negative portion of the AC plug, had been broken right at the plug. Unfortunately, after voltmeter testing confirmed my worst fears, I had to destroy the plug to confirm my diagnosis. I removed the bad portion of the wire and the now-destroyed plug, bought a right-size adapter from Radio Shack, and brought the laptop back to life via AC. Your situation probably parallels mine in at least one out of the three problems I solved. Good luck! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Danny Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:11 PM > Subject: 5300cs battery/power question > > > > > > My 5300cs won't boot. > > > > The power supply has been screwy for some years ever since I had the power > > cord stretched across a path in the house and my wife came through chasing > > the cat, and... well, anyway... > > > > For some years now, the cord into the machine has had to be *just right* > to > > charge the battery. It hasn't been too bad of a problem. Whenever I saw > > that the battery was draining, I'd play with the power cord in just the > > right way until I saw that the battery was charging. If I had enough > > battery to power up, I was okay. Actually, if the battery couldn't boot > the > > machine, I could play with the power cord until I heard the very faint > high > > pitched whine that told me the machine (and battery) was getting AC power. > > > > I've been using the 5300cs less and less. When I tried to boot it this > > month to get my Christmas card list, it was dead as could be. Could not > > wiggle the power cord to get it to do ANYTHING. > > > > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
