I will start off with the fact that I?m not the ?techy? in the family, that would be my husband. I am however the research queen of our home. After reading all the posts in this forum, about the Compaq V2000, I?m finding some interesting facts that I can?t help but wonder if they?re tied in with our issues. They may even solve the source of the problems with many of these posts.
Note the plural ?issues?. We bought two (2) of these computers for our boys almost two years ago. Luckily we bought the extended warranty, figuring they were high schoolers computers, we may utilize that. Both have been returned for their hinges coming loose, one also had a damaged CPU. Both fixed under warranty.
My alert bells are more about the other issue at hand, the power brick. It is HOT, I mean screaming hot on both computers. They have been since day one. Now?both cords have overheated and burnt out, useless, DOA. My husband has bought a more robust brick, and we are awaiting their delivery, but here?s where the story gets interesting.
To allow my sons to get their work off the computer, my husband tried charging the computer battery on his bench supply; its limit is 3.5 amps. The computer battery is sucking more than that, because the bench supply kept kicking out do to being over drawn!! Isn?t that fascinating? Especially since the brick for the computer is rated for 3.5 amps. So, in our simple experiment with our two V2000 computers, the power brick is under-rated for the computer.
There is nothing listed on the Compaq/HP V2000 website, nor on this site, about this issue. But it would seem to me this would be an EXTREME fire danger, not to mention a pretty good explanation as to why all these batteries are dying. They?re getting overheated, as well as the computer is.
If someone has any clue as to where to go with this now, I?m all ears. I?m going to write Compaq/HP about it, before I go the BBB route, because I want to give them a chance to make this right first. In any case, it?s an interesting fact I thought might help.
