I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV37. I bought it used and it works fine as long as I have the battery inserted while using AC power. The battery is a few years old and could stand to be replaced, however, I don’t want to get a new one until I correct the AC problems I’m [...]
I have a Dell Latitude D600 notebook with either a bad power jack or a damaged connection between the power jack and the system board. The power converter will connect and run the machine, and the battery will charge, but the connection is flaky–it will go out and the battery will run down without me [...]
Laptop switching to battery power while turned on with AC adaptor Model: Toshiba Satellite A70-TS100E I was wondering if you could help me in identifying the cause of this problem. While turned on, the laptop will switch to battery power even if connected with the AC adaptor (sometimes during boot-up, or after a while) until [...]
I have a Sony Vaio power jack replacement I am doing and have run into trouble. According to your information posted on Laptop Repair 101 site, I may have the problem you described there, specifically under the UPDATE. My problem is that the foil pads have lifted during de-soldering on two jack pin holes in [...]
My Toshiba A75-S206 has the intermittent power issue. We followed the step-by-steps, took the beasty apart, and found that not only was the DC jack loose, but it had bent prongs inside. I need to know how to safely remove the jack and replace it with another one (which I already have in my possession, [...]
Quick question. I need to repair or replace power jack on Toshiba Satellite 5105-S701 model. Worried it might need soldering to remove and replace but have seen two on eBay that had wired tails that look like they plug into motherboard instead. Do I need to solder or not on this laptop? Thank you for [...]