Re: Tips on Dell Latitude D630 system board?



Probably right. But just to be clear, the board was thoroughly dried out (it's been months since whatever happened to it). Any heat now is when it's plugged in (no batteries etc), so it made me think that some power was still being routed to the battery charging section, and maybe something simpler blew....

Just finished replacing a CCFL in a D610 and am now ready to tackle something trickier. Thanks for all the tips on fixing the screen!

Have a Dell Latitude D630 that was water damaged. I've pulled off all the components and they've all tested OK, so I've got a good screen, keyboard, RAM etc. I'm surprised they are working.

Anyway, the laptop won't power up, and the only fuses I can find are for the USB ports. The only thing interesting is that I can feel a bit of warmth in the battery/charging section which is at the opposite end of the power input. I don't see any...

My Dell D610 Display started to go bad - it was purplish when starting up, then one day it blacked out. I was able to revive the display for a while by pressing the lid-close switch, but then finally it became unusable.

I removed the inverter and tested it in an older D600 display and it worked fine. I pulled the D600 inverter and put it in the D610, and my display is usable, but something is still wrong with it. There's a very high pitched sound coming from the inverter. I also still get the purple tinge for a couple of seconds when it first turns on.

So I'm suspecting...