Problem with laptop power connection!

sortingitout2011

Hi All,

My laptop has been playing up for some time now, it will not charge properly. I've brought a few new chargers, and they work fine for a while then deteriorate - i kept having to hold the laptop in a really specific position to keep the power connection.

I took it down to my local computer guy recently who has confirmed that it isnt a problem with the charger, but with the connection inside the laptop that the charger gets plugged in to.

My local pc guy says he cannot repair it.

Has anyone had/repaired this problem before? or is the whole machine a write off?

Thanks.

lindens

I hope not a write off as I have the same problem with my 1 year old Acer and they have said to return it to them for repair under warranty. i tried the same as you, different chargers, and in the end had to hold the lead up and tape it in place for it to work.

GRM

There are companies on eBay who will replace the power connector on the laptop motherboard, it's usally called the DC jack. I got an Acer laptop repaired with this fault around 18 months ago. £100 if you ship the laptop to them as is, £40 if you strip it down yourself first and just send them the mortherboard.

tobeloy

I used a bloke off ebay as I have had mine fixed twice before. I will try dig his name out for you as he supplys a really strong connection.

Hammyman

sortingitout2011 wrote: »

I took it down to my local computer guy recently who has confirmed that it isnt a problem with the charger, but with the connection inside the laptop that the charger gets plugged in to.

My local pc guy says he cannot repair it.

Has anyone had/repaired this problem before? or is the whole machine a write off?

Thanks.

Find another shop to go to. I repair them and it takes me about an hour or so depending on how hard they are to strip. The actual repair takes 30 seconds once you've got access to the bit you need to get at.

HOWEVER if your laptop has a charger with yellow plastic on the bit that goes in the socket, it doesn't have one thats soldered to the mainboard and all it needs is the flat bit that contacts with the outer of the plug bending down towards the centre pin so it makes a better contact. It takes 5 minutes, needs no stripping and you can do it with a small flatblade jewellers screwdriver but remember to take the battery off first .

macman

You need a specialist laptop repair shop for this, a PC shop won't necessarily have the skills to strip down and resolder the power jack to the mobo.
It's perfectly repairable as long as the laptop is worth spending about £100 on. By far the most common fault on a laptop.
And the annoying thing is that the replacement part costs just a few pence.

tonynw

Pitty all laptop makers dont use the mag safe connector that apple use.

tonynw

culpepper

The cost of repair all seems to be in the labour. The actual sockets are very cheap and can be bought from ebay.
I have done several myself and learned how by searching on the internet for instructions or/and specific manuals with the laptop breakdown. The Instructibles website is a good starting point.
If you do it yourself, get a decent soldering iron and a desoldering pump. Take photos as you go along so you can look to see how things went together and keep the screws in order so you get them back as they came out. Once you can dismantle your laptop,it gets much quicker to do again if it doesn't go right first time.

alanjuk

I repaired my daughters by searching the internet, this was the guide I found for her model, obviously yours will be different but the guides are out there.