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Thank you! I order some paste. I am printing out the instructions for on how to apply the paste. LOL...I knew I would do something wrong. I will keep you posted. Right now I am to scared to use the comnputer.

Okay, an update....

I applied the thermal paste and tried running disk clean up and same problem. The fans click on loudly and after a few seconds it shuts the computer down. But when I try the internet and the game spider now issues. I worte down the following when playing spider:

CPU Core Temp: 42.0 to 41.8 cel.
CPU Freq and Voltage ID: 4.0 and 1.1000
CPU Load and OS Load: 4% to 27% and 2% to 20%
Core Clock and Throttle: 798 and 798

I have no idea what I have done wrong.

Tinamarie

The solution in this thread worked for me. I offer my thanks to the contributors.

CPU Core Temp: 42.0 to 41.8 cel. -----------that's okay, lower than my amd3000
CPU Freq and Voltage ID: 4.0 and 1.1000---------multiplier and frequency throttled down, that's where the low temp comes from
CPU Load and OS Load: 4% to 27% and 2% to 20% -----ok
Core Clock and Throttle: 798 and 798----------at full speed (when opening an application) this should become 1800
Your cpu temperature is okay, no worries there.
Rightclick "my computer" -- properties--advanced--startup and recovery- and uncheck the box "automatically reboot".
You might suffer from memory errors, download and run memtest86+ to check that.
Try running the disk cleaner in windows' safe mode, might make a difference.

I bought the Media Cable and my computer is now working like new. I highly recommend the cable if you can find it.

Hello Que.
Well, first let me say congratulations on all these good deads. You are really helping us big time.
Second, my problem...I also have a R3000 and also have a power issue. But I'm not sure if it's like everyone's else, so there it goes...
R3000 with new power adapter and drained battery. Everything plugged, the lightingbolt light goes on for few seconds and then off making a little "tic" sound by where the cord is plugged, however, i'm not sure if it is right at the plug. Then, it goes back on for another few seconds and off just flashing like that forever. If I use my other 4600 battery fully charged from my other HP laptop, it works fine for a couple hours on battery power without AC. And if I plug the AC without battery, nothing flashes (cuz there's no battery) but it turns on for about 2 secs and off just like when its drained battery is in there. Now, I don't know if it is something I can change or if it is something a tech has to do. There is a place at ebay that offers fixing it for $150.00 but I don't know if I need to spend that much. Plz help.

BTW. I meant to say deeds not deads lol, that sounded creepy.

Oi, I thought you discovered the skeleton.
So it is working with the new battery, but is it also working with the new battery in and on AC, and charging the new battery?
Not working from the AC only, is weird, probably some capacitors going bad.
I bought a secondhand board off ebay for $160 shipped, because I did not wanted to take the risk of having a badly repaired board, that would soon get other problems, or spend a small fortune shipping it, to hear it can not be fixed.

hi again Que. No skeletons around here so far lol. (besides the laptop)
Well, I tried the AC on with the new battery on and basically The short on the ac forces the laptop to shut down 2 to 3 secs after I press power. Just like always when it's plugged to AC. So a new board it is... jezz... Thanks for that info m8. Great chatting with you!

Well, if you want the laptop to work, board replacement or repair, you will have to take it apart anyhow, why not do so and see if you can fix it yourself? If it is the power-in jack's central pin only, it can be soldered back to the board. You can check the most left and right contacts (copper ones) of the docking port, and see if you can get the power adapter's voltage on those contacts. Wiggle the dc-in jack to see if it fluctuates indicating a bad contact. If it is a real short, like the layers of the board touching at the center pin connection, then there's little hope, besides using an XC1000 all-in-one media cable, that connects the powerbrick to the laptop through the docking port.
You could simulate one (the $100+ cable) by routing the power from the adapter through these contacts, to see if it would work for you. (if not, internal parts are failing, like capacitors, shottkey voltage barriers. brrrrr!)
PS, when your good battery is drained, it will not charge in the laptop, even when the laptop is off?

Check out this site about a class action suit covering the power connection problem being discussed.

http://www.hpnotebooksettlement.com/

I found this the day after I experienced the dreaded power connection failure. I was successful in taking mine apart and soldering it. But I did have 5 screws left over after I got it back together.

I've decided to get a new laptop and then send my R3000 in for repair.

Hi Que and others,

Can you please clarify for me - if I but hpxc1000 power cord, do I also have to buy a powerblock? Rather my question is will I be able to connect this power cord from the outlet to the docking port on my darn laptop. Thanks so much.

No need for a new power adapter, the old one fits right into the xc1000 cable.

Before

After
I own a laptop repair business in Tucson. This may be of interest to show what actually happens to the solder connections. We recently had a Compaq Presario R3000 in for a power jack repair. We took some before and after photos of the solder connections for the power jack. In the “before” photo, the black lines ringing the solder connections is where the solder joint cracked and broke the electrical connection. No rings are evident after a new power jack was soldered on.

Thanks to this forum and others, I have successfully restored power with voltage at the jack pins, and the docking port. I was so happy when it was back together, lightning bolt came on, then *bam*, it went back out. I have power when connected to AC, but not when running battery only. I am assuming it is a battery issue, but I haven't tested the pins in the battery compartment for voltage. Will do that tonight.

Ok, so one problem may be solved, but now, I get the following message:

"Disk read error Press control+alt+delete to restart"

I did, and nothing changes, same message. I am hoping this is a simple fix and that my HD isn't blown, perhaps a cable connection or something simple? Any input from this group would be greatly appreciated!

If you took the thing apart, maybe the harddisk isn't back in it's place right, or the little strip that is on the harddisk's ide pins is missing? No cd still in the cd drive? You might have killed the disk, or damaged the software table on it. Boot from a bootdisk, or better some dos disk, and see if fdisk sees it. If so exit fdisk back to the dos prompt, and type fdisk/mbr , then push enter. Reboot and see if it helped.

I have an Compaq R3000 with similar power issues.

The fun is not spinning out of control, the CPU doesn't seem to be overheating but it shuts off when running on both battery and charger or battery alone. It works fine when using battery charger alone but the minute I plug in the battery it shuts off.

When I plug in the charger with the battery installed, the power light comes on and stays on for 5 seconds, then goes off. So, for what ever reason the battery cannot be charged by the power supply and the computer cannot run on battery (it shuts off).

What could be the problem? I have purchased a new power cord and that's exhibiting the same problem so I've ruled that out. I don't want to spend a fortune on battery if that will also not fix the problem.

Any Ideas?

Can be a bad battery, bad loading circuitry of the mainboard, failing power supply.
Do you have a 120 or a 135 watts power brick? Going from 120 to 135 made the difference for some, though I would look around for another battery first, or a way of testing the one that's in.

I think it's the battery but I'm not sure and I have no way of testing the battery to make sure it works.

How old is that battery, what was battery life before it refused to work?
Cheap, on ebay, from china/hongkong. And easily resold there if it ain't the fix?