damage - power connector (laptop is damaged, not the cable) - _MG_8712

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compaq r3000z ebay auction [16 photos] these photos support a no-reserve, as-is ebay auction of my ailing laptop computer, an amd64-based compaq presario R3000Z.



i'm hoping somebody who can fix the loose power connector will buy it, otherwise you may want to plunder it for the RAM, the batteries, the motherboard and cpu or perhaps to transplant the wuxga LCD into another machine. you might even just want a cheap copy of windows xp professional.

the laptop has a 1920x1200 wide ultra-xga (wuxga) pixel lcd, a fast desktop-replacement cpu capable of running 64-bit operating systems (both windows xp 64 and 64-bit linux kernels have run well here. this auction includes standard 32-bit windows xp pro) 1.5 GB of memory, a 4x dvd burner, and an 802.11b / 802.11g wireless lan chip.









additional photosof this computer areavailable here



i am the original owner, i purchased the laptop direct from HP in september 2004 and used it through october 2005, and only occasionally thereafter (due to power connector issue, see below).

damage


broken power connector in the laptop. the connector / jack is loose and does not power the laptop or charge the battery without considerable jiggling and fussing with the cable. i had the broken jack repaired once, locally after the warranty expired, but the repair has come undone. you won't be able to reliably plug this laptop into the wall until the jack is repaired or replaced. this issue is the reason the laptop is being sold.

pcmcia ejection lever - if you use pcmcia cards, the ejection mechanism for the single pcmcia slot needs repair, the spring-loaded eject button fell out. the spring and the two-piece plastic button are included in a ziploc bag.

loose cover on dvd drawer - the plastic cover on the dvd/rw tray is loose, it could probably be glued back on.

rubber feet missing - three of the four rubber feet that once graced the bottom are missing in action


caveat

i'm including an ancient 10gb hard drive for the convenience of the buyer, but you shouldn't be buying this laptop for its hard drive.


specs of the computer and accessories included in auction


Compaq Presario R3000Z series (DP533AV) customize notebook


Microsoft Windows XP Professional

AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.20 GHz

15.4" WVA WUXGA (1920x1200)

64MB NVIDIA GeForce 4 440 Go +1394 & 5-in-1

512MB DDR SDRAM (1x512MB)

1024 MB KINGSTON/MICRON (1x1024MB) PC2700 333MHZ 200 PIN DDR (brings total memory to 1.5 GB)

4X DVD+RW/R & CD-RW Combo Drive

54g Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN

1 HP 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

1 no-name Lithium Battery

1 HP-branded ac adapter brick

1 no-name ac adapter brick

10GB hard disk, wiped clean and included for convenience of the buyer.

Serial Number: CND4370YD0

all original cd-rom media that came with the new laptop, most importantly, the operating system (windows xp pro), the drivers, documentation, and applications.


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