Laptop Issue; What are my Rights?

Maximum Triceratops · 23 Mar 2011 at 22:03

Purpleshirt guy - "Care to take out our awesome extended warranty sir?"
You - "No thanks"
Result - Not a leg to stand on.

loltim · 23 Mar 2011 at 22:06

SB118 said:
ARGH!!! ffs read the posts, the part cost less than a tenner and doesn't need soldering! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DC-POWER-JACK...s_LaptopCables_Connectors&hash=item3a639e73bd

It's not that simple for anyone who's not done it before. The tiny screws and ribbon connectors are a nightmare.

SB118 · 23 Mar 2011 at 22:13

If you posses something as complex as an opposable thumb, it pretty easy, just put things back where you found them.

OR, he could buy the plain power socket on it's own for under a fiver. You can remove all the screws required in under 20 seconds and spend a minute or so doing the soldering.

Mr Jones · 24 Mar 2011 at 07:47

SB118 said:
ARGH!!! ffs read the posts, the part cost less than a tenner and doesn't need soldering! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DC-POWER-JACK...s_LaptopCables_Connectors&hash=item3a639e73bd

Tim said:
It's not that simple for anyone who's not done it before. The tiny screws and ribbon connectors are a nightmare.

SB118 said:
If you posses something as complex as an opposable thumb, it pretty easy, just put things back where you found them.

OR, he could buy the plain power socket on it's own for under a fiver. You can remove all the screws required in under 20 seconds and spend a minute or so doing the soldering.

I understand where you're coming from, it's the need for solder that's the issue for me as it'll be a one off use - unfortunately my electronic friend has gone abroad to work. So to get a 1 off use solder iron only to be mucked up by my novice use and make matters worst?

SB118 · 24 Mar 2011 at 08:00

If you buy the complete unit (about £8) you don't have to do any soldering, it just unscrews and unplugs.

loltim · 24 Mar 2011 at 08:19

SB118 said:
If you buy the complete unit (about £8) you don't have to do any soldering, it just unscrews and unplugs.

I know it's not rocket science but it wasn't an easy job on my mates Acer 5315. The easy bit is replacing the charger port as like you say, it's a complete part, no soldering required. The difficult bit is replacing the 15-20 tiny varied sized screws, being careful not to lever the wrong piece of plastic, and making sure the tiny extremely delicate ribbon connectors aren't damaged.

It doesn't just "unscrew and unplug".

He might get lucky, but on the 5315 the charger port was beneath the mainboard.