Hey guys,

I've noticed a few people with problems powering their laptop, but I thought I would start a new topic instead of hijacking someone else's. My girlfriend's HP dv2560 is having an intermitent power problem. Sometimes the laptop will power itself fine and charge the battery, however other times it will fail to power anything, including the battery. When it does this there is also a very high pitched noise that comes from under the laptop keyboard. This noise changes if you wiggle the adapter around a bit, but it doesn't actually make it charge properly.

I've read that this is probably a broken connection on the motherboard itself, although I was thinking it could be the battery power switch (the bit that makes sure the battery doesn't get over charged). We've already had to replace the power adapter once due to a very loose connection. Could this loose connection be related to a break in the motherboard? And if so, what's the easiest and cheapest way of getting it fixed?



Cheers
Nahumi