Replacing DC power jack

[AznAnarchy99]

So my girlfriend broke the DC power jack on my laptop that Im letting her borrow. How? I dont know.. but i found the part online and was wondering is it hard to replace?

http://www.laptopjacks.com/vie...wer-Jack-TS472730.html

That little stupid thing.

 

[MadScientist]

Usually they are a PITA to install because they are soldered on, but this one looks fairly easy because it plugs in. Search Toshiba's site for a service manual for your lappy.

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Good rating at Resellerratings.

You were referring to the jack, not your girlfriend.

 

[TheStu]

Definitely looks like one of the easier ones to replace. Tearing the whole system apart will be annoying, but replacing the actual jack shouldn't be too hard. Just go slow, be careful, and don't force anything.

 

[corkyg]

Agree with Stu. It is a very common replacement. Brokjen jacks are most often caused by tripping over the cord or walkkng away with the latop forgetting it is plugged in. Basically carelessness. The careful soldering is the hardest part of the job.

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Agree with Stu. It is a very common replacement. Brokjen jacks are most often caused by tripping over the cord or walkkng away with the latop forgetting it is plugged in. Basically carelessness. The careful soldering is the hardest part of the job.

In this case I think the OP will be lucky. The worst one I had to do was on a Dell Inspiron 6100 (I think that was the model number). The jack was hard soldered to the motherboard, and the solder just refused to melt and come undone so I could remove it. I spent hours on that thing, no luck.

 

[hans007]

Usually they are a PITA to install because they are soldered on, but this one looks fairly easy because it plugs in. Search Toshiba's site for a service manual for your lappy.

Much cheaper here: OutletPC + shipping

Good rating at Resellerratings.

You were referring to the jack, not your girlfriend.

compaq/hp is diong it this way now too. on one compaq i had the other end of the cable plugged in right where the memory slot was, so you could test it out before taking the whole laptop apart to install the whole cable. makes sense, since a lot of warranty repairs would be sped up and made cheaper. by doing it this way.