Hi All,
Im not very knowledgable about electronics at all and hoping someone may be able to advise me as to what component (if there is one) will do the job.
I have an old laptop that wouldnt boot so for fun I thought id try and fix it, mainly through good luck I seem to have stumbled on a way to get it to boot, but id isnt a bad component I can find. But I have found that if at the right time I short from a component to ground then it starts up perfectly.
To simplify... I have a wire that when I power on gives 3v, if I hold it to earth then start the laptop then nothing happens at all but if I wait for around 2 or 3 seconds after I press the power button then touch the wire to earth then the laptop starts.
The question- is there some kind of component that would do this ?
maybe a relay of some kind but then i need a trigger for it.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers
Steve.
Im not very knowledgable about electronics at all and hoping someone may be able to advise me as to what component (if there is one) will do the job.
I have an old laptop that wouldnt boot so for fun I thought id try and fix it, mainly through good luck I seem to have stumbled on a way to get it to boot, but id isnt a bad component I can find. But I have found that if at the right time I short from a component to ground then it starts up perfectly.
To simplify... I have a wire that when I power on gives 3v, if I hold it to earth then start the laptop then nothing happens at all but if I wait for around 2 or 3 seconds after I press the power button then touch the wire to earth then the laptop starts.
The question- is there some kind of component that would do this ?
maybe a relay of some kind but then i need a trigger for it.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers
Steve.