[GRLUG] Loose AC jack on Dell laptop repair

[Michael Mol]

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:56 PM, John Harig <radiodurans at yahoo.com> wrote:
> They shut it down for liability reasons?  That seems
>  odd. I think they still have an auto repair area. . .

It's not entirely shut down, but they're now more limited in what
they're allowed to do.

>
>  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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