Can you fix an Asus eee pc power jack?

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macman wrote: »

You really need a specialist laptop repair service. Most PC shops won't be able to do it in-house-they'll simply send it on to a specialist, which you can do yourself without paying a middleman.

Many thanks Macman, after looking through yell.com and google I am looking at this company or this one. I will prob contact the first one in the first instance as it looks a little more professional and the price is listed.

Shall let you know how I get on

sharkie

£70 to repair a power jack?, i that a quarter of a cost of a new one? Perhaps I'm too moneysaving?

macman

The power jack costs a few pence, but stripping a laptop down to reach it can easily involve a couple of hours work, hence the high cost. Lots of places in London and the S.E. will charge £100+.

Hammyman

There used to be someone on Ebay advertising a service for £40-ish OTTOMH including the socket and return delivery.

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sharkie wrote: »

£70 to repair a power jack?, i that a quarter of a cost of a new one? Perhaps I'm too moneysaving?

Thanks Sharkie, I understand what you mean and I would love a new one. I have actually found one which has better spec and is only £200 however I thought it maybe easier/cheaper to repair this one. However after recieving a reply from a company it will take up to 5 days and cost £80 which is a bit much. I think I may revert to Flash's suggestion and sell this one as faulty on ebay and see if I can recoup some costs.

So my next question is how can I remove all my personal data on this current laptop. I am more interested in emails which may have filtered into outlook (although I haven't set uup outlook on this lappy).

Many thanks

Browntoa

think yours has a hidden restore parition , keep hitting F9 as it boots up and it should reveal itself

eidit...they may have changed that on some , you have a support DVD that come with it ??

boot from that by using an external USB drive

factory reset it

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Browntoa wrote: »

think yours has a hidden restore parition , keep hitting F9 as it boots up and it should reveal itself

eidit...they may have changed that on some , you have a support DVD that come with it ??

boot from that by using an external USB drive

factory reset it

Thanks browntoa, I have the box and all its booklets etc so there has to be something in there. Shall have a dig around and come back to you (if thats ok) if I have any problems etc.

Many thanks for all your comments

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Browntoa wrote: »

boot from that by using an external USB drive

factory reset it

Thanks Browntoa, it certainly has a DVD factory reset disk, however I don't have an external DVD drive. Can I put it onto a pen drive or external hard drive and run it from there? (I can transfer it on my main pc) Or do I need an external DVD drive?

Browntoa

there are ways to do it from USB but suspect its out of your techinical expertise

needs an external dvd drive

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Browntoa wrote: »

there are ways to do it from USB but suspect its out of your techinical expertise

needs an external dvd drive

Ahhh ok, luckly I think I maybe able to source one :T