First post, by pokeswithastick
Hi,
I bought a couple of n600c laptops with a view to combining parts and making one that was in good overall condition for retro gaming. Both were fully functional on arrival which I tested by swapping out a hard disk with Win98 SE installed.
Then I did a silly thing.
The docking station connector on one laptop was slightly managled so I stuck a penknife blade in to clear out the broken bits of plastic. I did this while it was off but plugged in to the power adapter (very silly). One small spark later and the sound chip is no longer detected in Win98 SE. Also the laptop hangs on any non-physical restart whether it is from the OS or from the BIOS (Save and Exit).
Other than that there are no obvious issues - it POSTs, it boots, everything else 'works'.
I removed the motherboard to give it a quick visual inspection and I don't see any obvious damage. I wonder if anyone has a clue what the cause might be just for my curiosity. I was wondering if perhaps the laptop now thinks it is permanently docked or something like that.
Thanks.