angelsblaze
New Member
Hi my daughter has a gateway MA7 model number Mt622b, it suddenly died refuses to turn on or even charge.
I took it to a computer shop who said it was the DC unit and wanted £80 to fix rather pricey i thought considering the part is only £5 they said they would do it cheaper if the laptop was stripped prior, personally i don't even think they looked at it cause when my dad checked it after stripping it down power was going into the unit but would not go any further for some reason.
Further investigation by my brother in law found that there are 4 resistors or safety thingis ( i am not computer minded lol) by the DC unit that the power goes into, it is one of these that have broken thus preventing the power going where it should.
My Brother in Law said he could fix it if he new which part to use, I have been searching all day and can not find any electrical schematics on the internet, which will give him the information he needs to replace the part, and I doubt Gateway would be so kind as to part with any lol.
If he puts the wrong part in he could fry the motherboard which would obviously be bad as my daughter has all her course work on it, we can not afford a new motherboard or new laptop so does anyone know what part I am on about by my poor description above or know where I can obtain an electrical schematic for my Brother in Law to use.
Thank you in advance.
I took it to a computer shop who said it was the DC unit and wanted £80 to fix rather pricey i thought considering the part is only £5 they said they would do it cheaper if the laptop was stripped prior, personally i don't even think they looked at it cause when my dad checked it after stripping it down power was going into the unit but would not go any further for some reason.
Further investigation by my brother in law found that there are 4 resistors or safety thingis ( i am not computer minded lol) by the DC unit that the power goes into, it is one of these that have broken thus preventing the power going where it should.
My Brother in Law said he could fix it if he new which part to use, I have been searching all day and can not find any electrical schematics on the internet, which will give him the information he needs to replace the part, and I doubt Gateway would be so kind as to part with any lol.
If he puts the wrong part in he could fry the motherboard which would obviously be bad as my daughter has all her course work on it, we can not afford a new motherboard or new laptop so does anyone know what part I am on about by my poor description above or know where I can obtain an electrical schematic for my Brother in Law to use.
Thank you in advance.