Help in fixing/replacing power jack on Acer 5100

[JesseKnows]

Does someone have hints or how-to's for replacing/fixing the power jack on an Acer 5100 family laptop? It's gone quite finicky on inserting the charger plug just right, pretty unusable.

I've been in Thinkpads and Dells and HP/Compaqs with no trouble thanks to the excellent documentation provided. Does anyone have a hint or link for Acer? Maybe non-US sites?

http://www.insidemylaptop.com/...er-aspire-5100-laptop/ doesn't go far enough to reveal the motherboard mounting etc.

Thanks

J

 

[JesseKnows]

Anyone?

 

[hans007]

you might hav eto basically take the whole laptop apart, desolder the jack and put on a new one.

if you are lucky, acer put the jack on a removeable piece that just snaps in .. a lot of compaq/hp laptops are like that... the jack , is attached to a cable and the cable attaches to the motherboard making it easy to fix without soldering once you get the machine completely taken apart.

 

[corkyg]

This is worth a look for starters . . .
5100

 

[Ksyder]

if you are iffy on doing it yourself, there are plenty of people out there who will replace it for pretty cheap. If you are brave, look up dc jack repair on ebay and you can hook up with someone who will do it for 60 or 80 bucks + shipping. At a local shop I used to do work at we charged around $120 or so IIRC.

If you want to do it yourself its not too hard but you have to be really careful in disassembling it so you don't break any plastic clips. Also, you will want to be very organized (possibly to the point of making diagrams of where screws go) because the screws are a couple different lengths and you have to be able to get it just right. It can be frustrating but its doable. The key is being very organized. You will end up with a motherboard and a pile of parts and it can be a somewhat scary experience trying to get it back together perfectly.

This is not even mentioning the challenge in desoldering and resoldering the jack perfectly.

Also, make sure that you clean everything thoroughly including the cpu heatsink and give it a fresh application of thermal paste. It can be a good opportunity to cleanup your laptop if you are skilled in tearing it apart and reassembling it. If you can do a dc jack replacement you will learn how to replace any other part of your laptop.

edit, sorry didn't see the part where you mentioned that you've done other dc jacks before. However, I don't think you really need a manual if you've done it a bunch of times anyway. Sorry if much of the info above is just common sense to you.