Comments on: Compaq Presario R3000 - Contest Winner

By: brian

brian — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:18:49 +0000

I recieved an r3000 as a christmas gift and it has the power cord problem. The screen works fine - does anyone have an r3000 with bad screen that wants to sell, so I can just switch screens?

By: Mark J. Redmond

Mark J. Redmond — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:25:04 +0000

WOW and THANKS.
It did not 100% help but what a great page. My R3000 had a loose power plug and I used this to take my laptop apart. And no I could not get the motherboard out. 4 extra screws to remove but could not dislodge the board. BUT this was great as I now know how to clean out the fan area which had lots of dust bunnies in them. FYI, the springs on the heat sink screws help keep torque on the screws so they do not come loose from the fan vibrations.

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:10:34 +0000

I’m trying to replace the power socket on a Presario R3000 as well, but I don’t think I have a simple soldering problem. My daughter accidentally pulled it off the table, and when it landed it bent the power cable plug and cracked the socket. It’s such a problem that the cable connects at the corner, which is the most likely place to suffer damage in a fall. The laptop I’m using to type this has the cable connecting at the centre rear, which I think would be less likely to suffer as much damage.
Anyway, thanks for the tip about the 4 screws on springs around the heat sink. I was wary of removing it anyway, because I’m waiting until I get a strap tomorrow to reduce static discharge. I don’t want to fry anything sensitive inside!

By: Barry Scott

Barry Scott — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:43:51 +0000

This has been a great read! I recently picked up an HPzx5040us, had to spend a lillte for a new hard drive and power cord, and I’m using it right now to write this.
I still have the issue of the shorting screen that someone mentioned above. I thought it was the switch, then the screen itself, now I just want to get it right so I don’t have to lug a monitor with me. It seems the whole concept started with this “portability” factor….
It makes a nice desktop, but it would be good to solve the last remaining real issue with these HP’s. If anyone has fixed the shorting monitor problem, let me know how.
And don’t forget to post it up somewhere. Thanks.

By: t20racerman

t20racerman — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:51:02 +0000

Thanks for the site. I had to strip my R3000 laptop as I had the seemingly standard power supply problem.I used your site to strip my laptop, along with the instructions on the Compaq site.
I took it right down to the motherboard and then re-soldered the jack connection where the power supply connects. Like many others report, this was a dry connection that made my battery charging intermittent - almost to the point of making he laptop unusable.
I stripped it down, re-soldered and the problem has gone - yippee!!

Thanks.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:57:46 +0000

Hi, just joined the forum and used Thomas Palmers excellent guide to take the back of my Compaq Presario r3000 laptop. I noticed while putting it back together that there isnt any need for a guide template for the screws, as they are in two uniform sizes, the small ones go into the holes which appear to have an outer ring of raised plastic and the battery / hard drive enclosures. This will help you to take it apart and put it back together much faster. Hope this is of help, I thought this would be a nice addition to Thomas`s guide. Keep up the good work! Kind regards. Alan