Laptop power connection

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harzo

Silver Level Poster
Hey folks!

My laptop slipped off the sofa and landed on the part where my charger was plugged in. The wee metal pin in the laptop power hole is now loose and the laptop won't charge.*

Brought it into a local pc repair shop and they quoted me £100 cos they would have to strip down the whole laptop to get access... But this sounds extortionate!*

I wouldn't trust myself trying to solder... Anyone have any ideas or does this seem like the kind of price I'd have to pay?

Thanks*
 
vanthus

vanthus

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It could be be a tricky & specialised job,I tried to strip down a laptop once attempting to fix something,it ended up as land fill material,but i'm not sure £100 is a fair quote.
all i can suggest is try to get other estimates.
 
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harzo

Silver Level Poster
Thanks for the advice. Seemed a bit steep. I'd plan to sell it to my sister for £150 so I dont wanna just make a 50 quid profit on it! I'll hunt around local repair places and see who is cheapest.
 
NMEBowen

NMEBowen

Master Poster
same thing happened to a mate of mine he gave it to me to try solder and fix im sure i can do it i just cant get the bugger apart ive taken out all the screws i can see (even the ones under the labels) but it still wont come apart due to that its been on a shelf in my house for 6 months and he has a desktop now.
 
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harzo

Silver Level Poster
Pokerface.... thanks for the link but I think that has def put me off trying! I just don't trust myself lol. I may just pay whatever I have to pay, I don't want to lose 100 gigs worth of movies, music and pics!
 
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Dealmaster13

Gold Level Poster
I was thinking more along the lines of either purchasing an external hard drive caddy (e.g. for SATA hard drives), or simply purchasing a new laptop, if the broken one is quite old and not worth upgrading, and slipping in the old hard drive in the new laptop.
In the event that swapping hard drives does not work and all the OP wants is his files, then the caddy method can be used.

What's the laptop's specs just out of interest?
 
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pr1s0ner

Well-known member
I've fixed plenty of DC connectors on laptops for people. Somewhere between £80-100 is the norm for most shops. If it wasn't for mates I used to charge £40-50.
If you take you time and you can solder its a pretty straightforward job, most connectors are only a couple of quid to buy, with carriage still under a tenner
 
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paul1224

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£100 is a pretty average quote as it does take a bit of time to get to the part that needs repairing/replacing.
 
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omens

Gold Level Poster
It's easier if you have a service manual - you can then attempt it yourself. It will be quite involved and you'll have to strip down to the motherboard.
 
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pr1s0ner

Well-known member
Its definitely always a painfully, long winded complete strip down, but as long as your systematic, and not too heavy handed its a pretty easy job. Netbooks are worse! If your a bit unsure of things, take a load a pictures as you go, and there are always a couple of sneaky little screws holding things together that are a pain to find, under the keyboard and behind various modems/network controllers etc..
 
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omens

Gold Level Poster
I take pictures at every stage and I use a sheet of cardboard. I then make small punctures into the cardboard and then push in the screw once I've removed it. The cardboard holds it in well and you can write underneath in pen to state where it was from, which page of the manual you were looking at and which photo on the camera you need to look at.
 
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