Laptop Power connection broken
The power connector is venerable to breaking from the leverage the plug applies to the small port. If your not extremely careful of this connector it can break inside the case.
The power connector is venerable to breaking from the leverage the plug applies to the small port. Most laptop manufacturers have the power receptacle soldered directly to the motherboard. With stress on the connector it can damage the main board. It may be possible to re-solder the connections to the pads on the main board if it didn’t damage the board. These are miniature contacts that take magnification to see and work on. The case needs to be completely removed and most times the main board removed to get at both sides of the port to de-solder and replace with a new port, “Best to leave a professional”. Without a way to power the laptop it is useless. For a reasonable repair cost, a shop could get it up and working again. If it’s repairable, it will be much less than replacing the computer, programs, and data. If the connection can’t be repaired it may mean replacing the motherboard. A more costly repair but it may be worth it still. You may be able to get the data off the hard drive and transfer it to a new computer if you are just ready to retire the machine. Call us to diagnose it, to see if it can be repaired.
Mike Avery
owner
AveryPC
This piece was a liejfacket that saved me from drowning.
It is humbling when I had purchased all of the newest available components (Asus P8Z68-V/Gen3 motherboard, i-7 quad core CPU, 16GB DDR3 RAM, 120GB solid state hard drive, an Antec water-cooled A60 CPU fan, 450GTS 1GB DDR5 video card, an 850W Thermaltake power supply – for multiple monitors – a new boxed CD of Windows 7 OS and a valid license) and I assembled it as described in the included instructions, only to have the BIOS settings leave me frustrated and without a working computer (CPU fan error).
I was fortunate that Mike at AveryPC was willing to cook the eggs and bacon that I brought in to him. It is simply a matter of having someone who does these kinds of things everyday review my configurations and get me going in the right direction. I had over applied thermal paste, and hooked the 3-pin connector for the non-OEM fan to the wrong place on the motherboard. I should have placed it onto an available 4-pin attachment point, not an alternate 3-pin labeled fan mount! You probably would have done it wrong too. Thanks Mike.
I am looking forward to using my new fast computer as a flight simulator with Saitek Pro yoke/peddles, quadrant thruster, X52 flight controller and thruster for X-Plane 9 and Microsoft Flight Simulator X software. Splendid!
I am also having Mike review my old Asus P5N motherboard and its 4GB of DDR2 RAM to see if there is still life in it. If he can get it working again, and I buy an ATX case, I believe that I have enough parts to build another computer. I’d like to try to build another computer myself again, but I will keep Mike on “retainer” for my next software/hardware fix. He is a valuable resource, and local in Greece, NY.
Thanks Jon, you got me laughing with that review! It was a pleasure helping you, I look forward to hearing from you again.