I'm building a digital picture frame using linux and an old laptop. When I put apart the laptop, I started having problems to turn it on. I see the Compaq logo and how the hard drive is read and the Linux kernel decompressed, but suddenly, the laptop turns itself off. It's like a safety function turns itself on or something.
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My old Toshiba Satellite 490 is even older and has much less processor power and I run XP on it just fine. In fact XP runs faster on it then 98 did.
Known Problems
Compaq Presario 1200 laptops are often found with damaged power
jacks. Some of these power jacks appear to have been blown in half due
to some sort of short; others rip their copper traces off of the
motherboard due to stress placed on the power jack. Presario 1200
laptops typically have four tiny copper rings embedded in the
motherboard behind the power jack that can be used to reattach a
slightly damaged power jack and repair the failing unit.
The LCD Power Inverter cable (which runs through the hinge from the
base to the screen), is very susceptible to damage, given the strain of
bending when closing the lid. The cable is a 6-strain ribbon variety,
and therefore soldering is all but impossible.
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