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"Adrian C" wrote in message
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news.rcn.com wrote:
Does anyone know how to replace a power supply in an HP Pavilion ZT3380
laptop please?

(Incidentally it refers to itself on its screen panel as a ZT3000, on its
underside as a ZT3300 and on it serial number plate as a ZT3380US)

HP Pavilion ZT3000 Series
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00047479.pdf
Thanks Adrian, for some reason the manual section of the HP site for this unit
seemed to point to various other computers. 5.3 is the important bit after you
have passed the obvious bits: I suppose It will become apparent when you can
desolder the power jack and put a new one one: (They dismantle the whole
computer to get the mobo out)

(What the others, - W_Tom, - possibly dont know is that I had reported that
on further inspection, the centre pin is noticeably VERY loose. It might be a
loost soldered joint at the base but surely much better to simply replace the
whole connector?)
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Adrian C



My experience with laptop power connectors is that one or more of the tabs that
are soldered to the main board have broken. The center pin is usually swaged
onto its tab. If the center pin is loose, then you might be able to solder it
onto its tab, but it probably won't last very long, since solder is a very weak
metal. You really need to replace the connector.

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Dave M
MasonDG44 at comcast dot net (Just substitute the appropriate characters in the
address)

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