Make sure the chassis is intact when you open it to fix the jack. Many consumer grade laptops made since ~2007 are so cheaply made this is a normal problem. It can be fixed with hot glue, but it needs a new chassis and support to fix it properly, but this will also total out these laptops. That part doesn’t concern me…
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Make sure the chassis is intact when you open it to fix the jack. Many consumer grade laptops made since ~2007 are so cheaply made this is a normal problem. It can be fixed with hot glue, but it needs a new chassis and support to fix it properly. The issue is this will total out the laptop because of the cost of parts. That part doesn’t concern me…
I’m more concerned if the previous owner left the connector intact and only cut the power jack cable; hope for that. If they also removed the SMD connector this is going to be a lot more difficult to reverse. You did get it for $25, so if they did modify the board this won’t be an expensive write-off, if you aren’t willing to fix the board.
Make sure the chassis is intact when you open it to fix the jack. Many consumer grade laptops made since ~2007 are so cheaply made this is a normal problem. It can be fixed with hot glue, but it needs a new chassis and support to keep the new part from failing the same way as the old one. That part doesn’t concern me…
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Make sure the chassis is intact when you open it to fix the jack. Many consumer grade laptops made since ~2007 are so cheaply made this is a normal problem. It can be fixed with hot glue, but it needs a new chassis and support to fix it properly, but this will also total out these laptops. That part doesn’t concern me…
I’m more concerned if the previous owner left the connector intact and only cut the power jack cable; hope for that. If they also removed the SMD connector this is going to be a lot more difficult to reverse. You did get it for $25, so if they did modify the board this won’t be an expensive write-off, if you aren’t willing to fix the board.
Make sure the chassis is intact when you open it to fix the jack. Many consumer grade laptops made since ~2007 have been made so cheaply, they often break around the power jack on the chassis and do not hold without assistance from hot glue. That part doesn’t concern me…
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Make sure the chassis is intact when you open it to fix the jack. Many consumer grade laptops made since ~2007 are so cheaply made this is a normal problem. It can be fixed with hot glue, but it needs a new chassis and support to keep the new part from failing the same way as the old one. That part doesn’t concern me…
I’m more concerned if the previous owner left the connector intact and only cut the power jack cable; hope for that. If they also removed the SMD connector this is going to be a lot more difficult to reverse. You did get it for $25, so if they did modify the board this won’t be an expensive write-off, if you aren’t willing to fix the board.
Make sure the chassis is intact when you open it to fix the jack. Many consumer grade laptops made since ~2007 have been made so cheaply, they often break around the power jack on the chassis and do not hold without assistance from hot glue. That part doesn’t concern me…
I’m more concerned if the previous owner left the connector intact and only cut the power jack cable; hope for that. If they also removed the SMD connector this is going to be a lot more difficult to reverse. You did get it for $25, so if they did modify the board this won’t be an expensive write-off, if you aren’t willing to fix the board.