It sounds like it is a faulty DIMM socket. These can sometimes be replaced - but it's not easy, and it requires a specialist. Try www.aqstech.com.
If they cannot replace the socket, the system board will need to be replaced, which on a model of this age, may make little economic sense - it will cost on the order of $500.
Even a repair will likely run $200 or more because of the labor and expertise involved. It may be cheaper to write off that socket and use the other one, installing a larger module in it.
I just checked the website
www.aqstech.com. It seems they have devised a fix specific to my model and problem. Apparently others have suffered a similar fate with their 5100's. Heat related, what else is new. I e-mailed a price quote request.
I just checked the website
www.aqstech.com. It seems they have devised a fix specific to my model and problem. Apparently others have suffered a similar fate with their 5100's. Heat related, what else is new. I e-mailed a price quote request.
I tried emailing the people at www.aqstech.com but didn't receive a reply.
But I did find some replacement mobo's on eBay, one was actually a brand new part which turned out to have better quality memory slots than the original so with any luck the problem won't recur. They are available at about £ 85 - 120 GBP generally (some are reconditioned, some, like mine, new).
I wouldn't bother on a system this old -- the cost isn't justified. Bear in mind that for your $200 you get a used board that's several years old with a short warranty - I'd put the $200 toward a newer system.
I just picked up a 5100 used. Nice little laptop. Plenty of power for what I need it to do. BUT, I have the same issue, sort of. DIMM A is shot. If I only use DIMM A the system beeps at me indicating no memory is seen. DIMM B on the other hand works, but is fickle. Sometimes, it won't boot, just powers up and shuts down a couple seconds later, and I have to remove and reinstall the working DIMM to get back up ad running. This might take one remove/reinstall, or might take several. I only paid $10 for the thing, so if I had to put a little more money in to it, to get consistent boot with a 512M chip in socket B, I would prob do it. Any ideas where I can find the replacement motherboard? And how hard is it to replace? I've done a lot of desktop MB replacements, which are a pain, but this would be my first laptop
ejn63
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January 24th, 2007 21:00
If they cannot replace the socket, the system board will need to be replaced, which on a model of this age, may make little economic sense - it will cost on the order of $500.
Even a repair will likely run $200 or more because of the labor and expertise involved. It may be cheaper to write off that socket and use the other one, installing a larger module in it.
jfrancisny
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GilesKennedy
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January 23rd, 2009 05:00
Did you have any luck with a repair?:emotion-18:
GilesKennedy
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January 31st, 2009 10:00
I tried emailing the people at www.aqstech.com but didn't receive a reply.
But I did find some replacement mobo's on eBay, one was actually a brand new part which turned out to have better quality memory slots than the original so with any luck the problem won't recur. They are available at about £ 85 - 120 GBP generally (some are reconditioned, some, like mine, new).
David Bryant
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February 1st, 2009 05:00
To be honest, given the age of the laptop, I'd be tempted to just put a decent sized module in the working socket and leave the faulty one empty.
ejn63
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March 9th, 2010 09:00
I wouldn't bother on a system this old -- the cost isn't justified. Bear in mind that for your $200 you get a used board that's several years old with a short warranty - I'd put the $200 toward a newer system.
http://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=1297
bem522
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March 9th, 2010 09:00
I just picked up a 5100 used. Nice little laptop. Plenty of power for what I need it to do. BUT, I have the same issue, sort of. DIMM A is shot. If I only use DIMM A the system beeps at me indicating no memory is seen. DIMM B on the other hand works, but is fickle. Sometimes, it won't boot, just powers up and shuts down a couple seconds later, and I have to remove and reinstall the working DIMM to get back up ad running. This might take one remove/reinstall, or might take several. I only paid $10 for the thing, so if I had to put a little more money in to it, to get consistent boot with a 512M chip in socket B, I would prob do it. Any ideas where I can find the replacement motherboard? And how hard is it to replace? I've done a lot of desktop MB replacements, which are a pain, but this would be my first laptop