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acehole2002069

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So my laptop is damaged it fell on its charging port and needs to be opened and the charge port will probably need to be soldered back in place. anyone know anyone that can do it without breaking the bank. i just make enough money for rent as it is so i dont have a lot of money to go and fix it.
 
Mongo53

Mongo53

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Ewww, sorry, its a 50/50 shot, it might be able to be fixed at a reasonable price, it might NOT be cost practical. Really depends on how its attached and what someone would charge to fix it.

Find out the value of the Laptop, at least game it in your own mind, if its worth fixing it or just getting a new one. I.E. check out the price of replacing it, and where the break point to you is, whether to fix the old or just get new.

My daughter's HP had a worn out Charging Port, I was able to get a part off ebay and fix it myself, because the port was seperate from the main board. I'm very mechanically inclined and capable of taking all the little screws and pieces apart and get them together myself, I would NOT recommend it for most people, most laptops are to complex for most people to be able to take apart and put back together. Even for simple things, they are put together so tightly, you often have to take it completely apart to replace the simplest thing on the side.

If that power connector is soldered to the main board, its unlikely you can solder in a new one by hand and NOT damage other things around it, they are usually put together by machines and process's that most people can't fix with a solder iron. And replacing a main board, if you can get one, is often expensive enough to pretty much make a person just look for a new laptop.
 
Floyd2004

Floyd2004

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I just hardwired a friends laptop power cord for him. His power jack was snapped in two. I removed the stock jack from the motherboard then cut stipped and soldered in the power.
Power connections for the DC power input are some fairly large solder points. I didnt even have to switch to my small tipped iron.

And yes to do any sort of power related fix you have to dismantle the whole laptop to get to the motherboard. Ive done maybe 3-4 laptop repairs on Acer, Dell, Sagar laptops. Dells get the most lovin' though. They seem to break more.
 
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Floyd2004

Floyd2004

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It probably broke the solder joint where the connector meets the motherboard. If the connector is intact it would be an easy fix (for a laptop)
You would still have to take the whole laptop apart and remove the motherboard to fix the solder joint.
 
Mongo53

Mongo53

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acehole2002069 said:
well i have a compaq and the port still works and charges its just really loose and is a hit and miss when it wants to charge
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Sounds like my daughters 3 year old HP, which HP makes Compaq. Its the internal parts of the socket itself, they break or wear out and do NOT make good contact to conduct electricity.

Its loose, and you litterally have to jiggle it to get a connection, and then it typically looses connection?

For my HP, and quite possibly your Compaq also, the power connector is on its own little circuit board, screwed to the chassis and then connects to the Main Board by a cable.

I had to disassemble my HP ~80% to get the socket out and replace it. NOT for even the better than average mechanically inclined, it so complicated with so many little screws, its very possible an amaeture could end up NOT getting it back together right, damaging it taking it apart and/or have lots of screws left over, etc.

I was able to get the part cheap off ebay, more expensive off of other sources. I recommend you spend a little more and get the whole subassembly, the socket all by itself, has to be soldered to the little circuit board, and its attached with several big lugs with lots of solder, without special tools I had a tough time getting all that solder out and getting socket out of the board. The board was so mangled, I was surprised it worked when I finally got it all back together.

There are also several different kinds of sockets for different types of tips they used over the years, make sure you get the socket for the right tip before ordering. OR if you drop the laptop off for someone to fix, make sure it has the power supply with it, so they can figure out the tip it has to get the right socket.
 
GWguy

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You guys do realize that in order to take the MB out (or even down to workable levels) the heat sync has to come out. If you remove the heat sync, you can't just pop it all back together. The old thermal transfer compound needs to be removed and a specific amount of new thermal compound put back in before the heat sync goes back in. Failure to do this can result in overheating of the CPU or GPU, and then you've got a brick.
 
itsbob

itsbob

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acehole2002069 said:
So my laptop is damaged it fell on its charging port and needs to be opened and the charge port will probably need to be soldered back in place. anyone know anyone that can do it without breaking the bank. i just make enough money for rent as it is so i dont have a lot of money to go and fix it.
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Charging ports are fairly regular failures..

You can probably find the parts and directions to fix it online. I found the ones for my wife's Dell online that was so accurate showed me where the screws were in every step that had to be removed and what part I needed to order.

Cost me about $35 and about 2 hours time to fix it.
 
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