Charging jack damaged

andreaandrea

Hi

Charging jack on my laptop is broken - i could get it to charge by fiddling around with it but this wont work.

Is it simple to do myself? Presume i could buy a jack of ebay or the like

santer_2

The make and model of the laptop would help, as a recent post highlighted the different options

GunJack

are you any good with a soldering iron?? And stripping a laptop down to give you access to the jack socket?? Allow £2-£6 for the jack. If not, allow £35-£80 depending on what part of the country you're in and finding a sensibly-priced repair guy

And as santer quite rightly says, you may avoid soldering altogether depending on which model it is (but still need to take it apart to get at it either way

mttylad

Even though the jack may only cost a few quid, sometimes (depending upon the laptop) it can be a right pita to strip down a laptop to get to the motherboard in such a position that you can remove & replace the DC jack socket.

The PCB is also going to be multi layer and quite hard to desolder and extract the broken socket.
There are also often small parts on the pcb such as lid closing swicth etc that are delicate and can easily be broken.

So if you are not experienced at PCB repair then it can be quite hard and may cause damage to the laptop.

Even a PC repair shop may not always do the job properly, often they are staffed by people who know PC's rather than hardware repair.

While I do not want to put you off repairing your laptop, please do not think it will be a doddle and that nothing can go wrong.

andreaandrea

Thanks for the input guys - im away from home tonight so not 100% sure of model of laptop

I know its a Toshiba but thats all.

I can solder ok and id already written the laptop off so if it doesnt work it isnt the end of the world - its been sat there 10 months so it may not even work anyhow - just thought worth a try

GunJack

if you're going to write it off I know of a good home it could go to

andreaandrea

GunJack wrote: »

if you're going to write it off I know of a good home it could go to

Ha! Ill bear you in mind!!!!

But........

Ill probs give it a go first!!

GunJack

andreaandrea wrote: »

Ha! Ill bear you in mind!!!!

But........

Ill probs give it a go first!!

lol, hanx for that - you can't blame a chap for trying

pm me i you do decide to make a hash of it

Hammyman

andreaandrea wrote: »

Thanks for the input guys - im away from home tonight so not 100% sure of model of laptop

I know its a Toshiba but thats all.

I can solder ok

Easy fix. Take the bottom off. You'll see the pins on the socket. Just reheat them. If you can find a hole either side of the socket, get a small cable tie and use it to clamp the socket to the board so it doesn't happen again.

GunJack

Hammyman wrote: »

Easy fix. Take the bottom off. You'll see the pins on the socket. Just reheat them. If you can find a hole either side of the socket, get a small cable tie and use it to clamp the socket to the board so it doesn't happen again.

so Tosh power jacks generally are particularly prone to dry joints hammy ?? Only ever seen a couple and on both the sockets were shot.....


edit - for clarity, I mean I've only seen a couple with charging issues, and in both cases etc. etc.

mttylad

The socket is often broken inside and needs completely replacing.

They are cheap crap that does not always last long these days, the metal is thinner as is the plastic molding.

And alternative can also to solder a short cable to the pins of the socket and on the other end put a inline socket.
The cable must be firmly fixed so it does not get pulled out though.