Fishy Power Cable

[dpk777]

The original power cable for my Fujitsu S6010 Lifebook broke (wire got frayed near the brick). So I got a cheapo generic one off of ebay.

It was working fine except for the fact that it's a little loose where it connects into the back of the laptop. However, it just became more and more temperamental - I would have to wiggle it around and until it decides to start charging. Now it's really bad. I have to wiggle it around a lot until I finally get it to start charging, and if I move it at all it stops charging, and I have to wiggle it all over again.

My question is: Is this fixable ? Do I just need an oem charger? Or has the internal part of my laptop been ruined by all the wiggling?

Thx.

 

[dpk777]

anyone?

 

[zig3695]

sounds like the laptop connector had come un-soldered. while you should be able to re-solder that baby on there, getting to it is another story. no warranty i take it?

as a quick fix, could you jam a toothpick between that connector and the case of the laptop, in an effort to keep that jack pinched one way so it should charge. once you find a good sport to shove that toothpick, you can then squirt some hot glue right where its at and hopefully keep the jack still. it wont last long in any manner though, the real solution is to open up the laptop far enough to get to the solder contacts for that jack.

it pisses me off that were in the 21st century and laptop manufacturers still cant make a rugged power jack. they are all just soldered into the board, nothing else anchoring them down its just stupid.

 

[Paperlantern]

Actually Toshiba corrected thier rather weak A70/A75 series mistake by remanufacturing the boards with higher quality solder and a bead of epoxy around the base of the connector itself, bonding it to the board. I always wondered why all manufacturers dont do that to all thier power connectors, considering its the most used and stressed solder point in the entire machine.

Other models have dongles that sit in a cradle and wires run to a plug on the board, this is even better, and in all honesty, whenever that idea came about, whoever decided to keep using the old way of the directly soldered connector should be shot, its just, silly in comparison of durability and repair cost if it does become damaged, theres very little possibility of the board itself being damaged, and theres no soldering involved, jsut pick up another dongle, unplug old, plug in new, done.

I'll never understand corporate design decisions.

 

[zig3695]

$$$$!!!!!!! thats what! then they get to spend all that saved cash on warranty repairs

epoxy is amazing stuff, that would be an excellent idea if your laptop is out of warranty and you dont want it to wiggle again.