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Mitternacht
10-10-2007, 12:29 PM
I got a hold of a Compaq 1700, and when plugged in, the power led flashes real quick on and thern stays off for 1/2 sec. It does it with battery in and AC cablle plugged in, w/o battery and w/ ac cord.

Anything I should try?
Greco101
10-10-2007, 01:17 PM
mobo fried?
Spawn-Inc
10-10-2007, 02:30 PM
maybe the battery and ac cord are shot, get a volt/multimeter and see if you getting the correct voltages.
Luke122
10-10-2007, 04:27 PM
try a different charger if possible.. you can do what I did. Take it in to Futureshop, and ask to try it with a generic one to make sure it works. If it does, sweet. If not, oh well.
Greco101
10-10-2007, 09:50 PM
If you got it for free, throw it on ebay. There are always buyers for everything haha.
Mitternacht
10-10-2007, 11:02 PM
If you got it for free, throw it on ebay. There are always buyers for everything haha.

Yea, friggin' Nigerians that live in the UK; that'll work out good. http://www.steelcitystangs.com/forums/images/smilies/Violent/shoothead.gif
Greco101
10-11-2007, 01:29 AM
hahaha, ya they're out there but you just gotta contact ebay and relist it for free. As long as you list it with immediate payment required you should be OK....ish. haha.


.............Damn Nigerians............... .
Computer-Geek
10-11-2007, 09:33 PM
Yea, friggin' Nigerians that live in the UK; that'll work out good. http://www.steelcitystangs.com/forums/images/smilies/Violent/shoothead.gif
:devious:
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Blebbz
10-12-2007, 04:29 PM
Sell it for spare parts lol. Perhaps get some adapters so that u can use the hard drive and DVD drive in ur desktop (if you have one), you could even try and get the monitor to work with a desktop, but i don't know if that's possible lol
Luke122
10-12-2007, 05:37 PM
Sell it for spare parts lol. Perhaps get some adapters so that u can use the hard drive and DVD drive in ur desktop (if you have one), you could even try and get the monitor to work with a desktop, but i don't know if that's possible lol

The LCD could possibly be used, if you can find a suitable controller.. but those are neither cheap nor plentiful.

Mitternacht: Does it do anything if you keep holding the power button down? I've seen some that you have to hold in for 3-4 secs to power up if the battery is dead (or unable to hold a charge).
Mitternacht
10-12-2007, 07:32 PM
Naa, I've tried everything. I might grab a mobo for it.