[CS-FSLUG] Laptop Power Jack
Ed Hurst
ehurst at soulkiln.org
Sun Dec 18 11:59:31 CST 2011
davidm at hisfeet.net wrote:
> Might be a silly idea, which you have already checked, but I once
> struggled with the ame thing on a laptop with a totaly dead battery.
> Eventually I found that the plug I was using fit just fine on the outside,
> but the middle connection wasn't making contact simply because the middle
> pin was a smaller diameter. When I got the right adapter on the brick it
> worked fine.
Well, two bricks from other Dell laptops, all the same spec, don't work
any better than the original with this one, but work fine with other
Dells. Thus, I think the bricks are fine.
The machine was working until the battery discharged, and it did so at
the normal rate. Battery appears fine for that reason. So I'm pretty
sure the jack is either unseated, dead, or something on the board is
broken elsewhere.
I've decided to wait until I get a chance to confer with my brother, who
has fixed quite a few laptops in the past few years. He can do that
precision soldering stuff which I tend to bungle.
Thanks to everyone who has offered advice and links.
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Ed Hurst
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