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  • Laptop charging woes
  • Harry_the_Spider
    Full Member

    The charging socket on my laptop took a bit of a bang and now the connection is a bit hit and miss.

    Can the socket be replaced or is it goosed?

    In other news, I have a clumsy 9 year old for sale.

    z1ppy
    Full Member

    You can take them to pieces & re-solder the connection but it’s an arse of a job on the easy ones. Find a local repair shop (phone/tablet place not necessarily a computer shop) they’ll have done hundreds of times, unless you enjoy taking stuff to bits & are handy with a soldering iron

    cp
    Full Member

    As above. It’ll be doable, but it probably won’t be easy, it certainly won’t be a 5 minute job and you’ll need a fair skill with a soldering iron.

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    deepreddave
    Free Member

    Mine needs doing and it looks like it’s well hidden so plenty to remove hence it’s needed doing for a few months …

    finishthat
    Free Member

    Get it done – loose connections generate heat and further melt/damage the connectors.

    molgrips
    Free Member

    Can the socket be replaced or is it goosed?

    As said. It’s doable but only if you’re handy with a soldering iron, screwdriver and fingernails. I’ve done a few.

    However sometimes (but probably not the OP’s due to the knock) it’s actually the plug that’s become wonky somehow – the contacts inside the plug on mine are what’s wobbly.

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