[GRLUG] Loose AC jack on Dell laptop repair

[John Harig]

They shut it down for liability reasons?  That seems
odd. I think they still have an auto repair area. . .

If he wants to provide a quote for it Ill run it past
my brother, otherwise he'll probably mail it to some
guy in MN.

I need soldering lessons and tools :).  I havent
soldered since I played with telephone wires when I
was younger.  Looks like many good recommendations on
the thread.

--- Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:10 PM, John Harig
> <radiodurans at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi my brother is suffering a loose AC jack on his
> old
> >  inspiron 5150 laptop so it wont charge. I dont
> know
> >  much about this but I would guess he would need
> to get
> >  a new Jack and solder it on, something I know
> nothing
> >  about. Googling I found the following:
> >
> > 
>
http://pomeroycomputing.blogspot.com/2007/10/dell-inspiron-5150.html
> >
> >  Any ideas to get it repaired?
> 
> It's a tricky, tricky job.  I've had it happen on
> three laptops.  Each
> time, I had it fixed by a different person.  Two out
> of the three were
> successful, but one laptop wound up junked.
> 
> It's an easy job to royally mess up; I wouldn't
> touch it if you don't
> have a reasonable amount of experience with
> soldering.
> 
> OTOH, I can ask a guy I trust (one who didn't break
> a laptop) if he'd
> be willing to fix it for a fee.  He was the guy I
> had doing laptop
> repair at the GRCC PC Clinic, but, for liability
> reasons, GRCC is
> clamping down on students doing internal repairs on
> PCs.
> 
> -- 
> :wq
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