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captain_jim1 · 08-01-2003, 08:33 PM

I soldered 2 wires to my laptop to power it on. On the base of the power button were 4 metal connectors. I figured out what two needed to be bridged, soldered the wires on, attached a momentary switch from Radio Shack and viola! Power button.

Unfortunaltey, all the moving around of the laptop I did, the power button wires pulled off and my resolder job .. was not a success and I burned up some small chip on the mobo .. the laptop died shortly there after. I'm thinking maybe about glueing the wires onto my new laptop motherboard..

-Brad
83 mp320i 285k

08-01-2003, 08:33 PM	#2
captain_jim1 Constant Bitrate Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 192	I soldered 2 wires to my laptop to power it on. On the base of the power button were 4 metal connectors. I figured out what two needed to be bridged, soldered the wires on, attached a momentary switch from Radio Shack and viola! Power button. Unfortunaltey, all the moving around of the laptop I did, the power button wires pulled off and my resolder job .. was not a success and I burned up some small chip on the mobo .. the laptop died shortly there after. I'm thinking maybe about glueing the wires onto my new laptop motherboard.. -Brad 83 mp320i 285k __________________ -Brad 83 mp320i 99 mp323i _________ 7" Lilliput w/Touch, 150 W Opus, 2.4ghz P4 533fsb, 512 DDR 333mhz, GPS, WiFi Inet, 40g Maxtor 7200rpm, Laptop DVD/CD-RW w/USB2.0 Bridge, WinXP Pro.