Acer aspire 5315: broken charger port
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How is it damaged, has it pushed in or as the pin broke, you can get a new socket they are attached to a cable for about £7 of ebay. If its pushed in then the case housing has broken and you will have find a way to fix it in maybe hot glue or some epoxy, super glue wont hold it.
Could be the charge circuit IC's, the power regulators, or even the the traces themselves. Some laptops even have internal fuses that could have blown.
If there is no physical damage to the charging socket, the chances of it being that are slim to none.
If there is no physical damage to the charging socket, the chances of it being that are slim to none.
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This would indicate the socket has developed a dry joint its quite common, i would go with a new dc socket cable from the bay, it will mean stripping the laptop to a certain extent and possibly even main board out but its not difficult if you take your time.
I had the same problem with one of my laptops a couple of years ago. Bought a new socket from the Bay ,about a fiver . The whole laptop will have to be stripped down to the motherboard . The company who sold the socket also provided the service ,but for £50 plus P&P , I thought I would do the job myself .To start with ,take out HDD ,DVD/CD , Battery, Keyboard ,memory and then start removing the screws on the base of the lappy .
Tricky job to say the least , lots of tiny screws in places .De-solder the old socket and fit the new one , that was the easy bit .
Try not to have too many screws left after the re-build
Tricky job to say the least , lots of tiny screws in places .De-solder the old socket and fit the new one , that was the easy bit .
Try not to have too many screws left after the re-build
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Thats the one, i think you'll have to take the top case off at least, which involves all the screws out the bottom, maybe some under the large panel also, remove cd drive hd, take the screen off to access screws along the topcase and then remove the top case. Be careful with flat cable connectors, just pop them up or out with a small flat jewellers screwdriver.
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Doesn't appear to need soldering, more like a bracket or hot glue holding it in place.
Awesome, I guess disassembling the laptop will be similar to the dell C640 i took apart to replace the CPU, just take my time and separate the screws into piles, or label them?
Stupid question: If i go OTT with the glue gun and cake it on so it never comes loose again, it won't burn any of the mobo traces will it?
Stupid question: If i go OTT with the glue gun and cake it on so it never comes loose again, it won't burn any of the mobo traces will it?
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if the socket housing isnt broken you won't need to glue gun it, i only mentioned this if this was the case, but having said that no harm in blobing a bit on to give it some extra support.
Re taking apart its pretty much as i posted above, get a nice flat table or work surface lay the screws out in the same way you take them out, for each layer. And go easy on the connectors. Good luck
Re taking apart its pretty much as i posted above, get a nice flat table or work surface lay the screws out in the same way you take them out, for each layer. And go easy on the connectors. Good luck
