Laptop DC Power Jack Repair DVD Tutorial Open a Laptop

colincarlsen Says:

May 13, 2008 - LOL it pleases me to know that I have a better warranty policy than Dell does. Mind you I wouldn't fancy the time waiting to get a replacement board to any Laptop company and I am disappointed more and more nowadays in Dell service. Products Good but service seams Crap since the Indian relocation of its sales and support.

colincarlsen Says:

May 13, 2008 - Not being racist or techno-ist etc but India is not quite ripe just yet in the front line understanding of computer tech and English, maybe just only just in the Phone technology (and how many have a line ! ?) It all goes back to cheap labour use and abuse and sweatshops and who in a perfect world wants that. Give the People what they want, right here, right now and don't sell out is what I say.

larksp Says:

May 13, 2008 - yes and the fact of the waste. hole new mother board when they should just solder new one on.... dell is bad really when they cant do simple things i would have been able to do it with the right tools plus not risk i wanted to take on laptop that costs so much.... but i could have still done it my self and then brought a mobo for cheaper with longer warranty than dell

colincarlsen Says:

May 13, 2008 - Hmmm... I remember the days when Dell was Small and Perfect with Everything Fully Loaded And Boy where they. Without accusations, many and too many of the so called powerjack problems seam and are engineered by the producers of the motherboards to power fail. I get about 2 out of 10 that are genuine wear and tear or accidents and 8 out of 10 have weak pads, joints, solder and tracks.

colincarlsen Says:

May 13, 2008 - I have to stop here but check out money spent on design of boards, research and it may become obvious where most of the money is spent making people buy more. And Now a few Beers. Lol. Anyway I get a lot of work making a better job of the big boys downfall.

larksp Says:

May 13, 2008 - yer i ried to tell them this over the fone and he said no he worked that for years and it was not a comon problem an all the ppl on the internt lie lol.... and i can always send you there web site if all turns out ok. i dunno how good they are but there site aint nothing special i have made better years ago when i was into that, for game clans. just tend to fix friends and familys for free... what will change but thats another story

morreskie Says:

Jul 2, 2008 - good vid :) I have a question, i have a ND95264. It's not powering up anymore, the pwer-led flickers once when i plug in the adaptor, does this mean my power-jack is broken? Thx in advance :) Greetings from the Netherlands

colincarlsen Says:

Jul 2, 2008 - Hi there, Thanks For your Remark. That is not nesseserly true, Your Charger may be faulty or even the motherboard charging circuitry may be faulty. Please tell me a little more about the history of the problem before it failed ?

morreskie Says:

Jul 3, 2008 - Don;t know the history, got it for free from a friend of mine (has a computerstore but the customer bought a new laptop and didn't want the old one anymore (doh!) The charger isn't broken, I've tried another as well, no result. If the circuitry is faulte, there's no way i can fix it :P Thx for the quick reply!

colincarlsen Says:

Jul 3, 2008 - If you are handy with a Soldering Iron and OK Stripping the laptop, Say even just for parts etc. It would be worth having a go at changing the Jack. You can pick them up for between £4-£8, Not sure how much they are in Holland but i can supply one if you need.

morreskie Says:

Jul 3, 2008 - I suck at soldering ;) I'll visit the audio shop first, he's a good solderer (is that the right word:P ) If that doesn't work ill probably strip it :( too bad, it's a nice laptop, 12,1inch with 1280*800 reso and doesn't weigh a thing. Thx for the replys!

nestors1 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Hey colincarlsen, nice vid, well i was wondering if you could give me your opinion as of what you think is wrong, I have a sony vgn-tz150n/b . And what happened was that it was loading windows vista and it froze, so i hit the power button and nothing would happen, so i unplugged it and disconnected the battery. And now it won't turn'back on. Just wondering what would you think might be wrong thanks

beckieace Says:

Oct 8, 2008 - perfect!

ybznuto Says:

Oct 17, 2008 - the solder in my would not melt

luke555111 Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - hi im only 13, and i have a dell inspiron 1200 ive just finished fixing the blue screen of death but i have a problem with the power jack my screen keeps flickering and i have to bend the plug up and down to make it work i cant get hold of a soldering iron though is there any other way i could do this maybe without a soldering iron im pretty good with computers and know what im doing

colincarlsen Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - Hi Luke, At 13 we can do everything ;-) LOL What you can possibly get away with is to use a "docking station" or "replicator" The Dell uses the same port on most of them so shouldnt be difficult to find a compatable one.

colincarlsen Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - ....The Blue Screen has probably occured due to the Power Jack Issue and i wouldnt worry about that too much. Though i would advice in all not to use the faulty socket on your laptop as it will only get worse for sure. Check by this methode; Remove the Battery, Try to Switch on then move the jack around and within a seconds you will understand the problem (The battery when inserted helps confuse the issue)

colincarlsen Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - ...If you know someone that can do soldering and compitent at diss-assembly / re-assembly then you should go down that route. There is no other way really unless you use the above or are able to charge your battery/s in an alternitive way. Hope this helps. Colin

colincarlsen Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - Sorry Luke I forgot that YouTube only allows 500 Characters per message... Posted 3 Comments; Each Starts in order with; Hi Luke... ....The Blue Screen... ...If you know someone...

rocksoliddude1 Says:

Dec 8, 2008 - my laptop is under repair, may have to get a new one

colincarlsen Says:

Dec 9, 2008 - Please be aware that if it is the powerjack most engineers in shops wont want to repair this problem and blame it on the Motherboard and insisting that it needs replacing. In some cases yes it is correct but in most cases a good repair is easyly achived. They make a lot of proffit in selling you the board. A replacement board takes max 20 Minutes wheras a Repair may take upto 90 Minutes. If you get stuck and in UK i can do the repair for you with 6 Month Warranty.

colincarlsen Says:

Dec 9, 2008 - I accept postal and drop off jobs £68 Labour and parts, nothing hidden and extra bonuses like Photo CD of the Repair, Repaste of Heatsink with Arctic Silver 5 (The best), Deep Clean and Final Polish. Your machine will look near new. Sorry about that Plugg ;-) Happy Christmas Everyone and a Great New Year Don't let this Credit Crunch get you and come to me but dont ask for Credit lol

colincarlsen Says:

Dec 9, 2008 - Sorry left you a comment reply in the Main Comment Page..

colincarlsen Says:

Dec 9, 2008 - PS. Sorry forgot to mention that on postage jobs i charge £20 on top to cover this. I prefer Drop off as it is much cheaper and i can afford to do a proper free diagnostics

colincarlsen Says:

Dec 9, 2008 - More info at powerjack . Com (No Spaces)