Dell Insprion 1720 - Power Port Issue

[ekbusser]

Hello,
We've had this computer for about 3 years. We've been through a couple power cords, but now the computer won't charge at all. We took it to a Big Box Store to have it looked at and we were told the power port is bad and that it *Might* be able to be fixed it it's not fully intertwined with the motherboard. If it is "motherboard dependent", we'd be better off buying a new computer. How do I find out (in a cheap way) if the power port is fully intertwined with the motherboard or not? I saw some forums where people said it was just a soilder issue. How do I know these things (as a layman)? Help!

 

[jdenova007]

its called a DC Jack. And most dell's have them integrated into the motherboard. In which case you would need to take the motherboard out and remove the bad DC Jack and solder a new DC jack onto the motherboard. Not for novice's! It is not difficult but I would not recommend it unless you have soldered before.

http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1575&bih=809&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=9u0dcyj8Pbv_2M:&imgrefurl=http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/351411846/1720_motherboard_for_DELL_100_tested.html&docid=3vvdT1LbsO7ggM&itg=1&imgurl=http://i00.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/351411846/1720_motherboard_for_DELL_100_tested.jpg&w=800&h=600&ei=jyHqTrTxD-nr0gHeodyrCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=863&vpy=292&dur=748&hovh=155&hovw=214&tx=104&ty=129&sig=117533649786095367309&page=1&tbnh=155&tbnw=214&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&safe=active

This link shows a picture of the motherboard... the little silver and black square on the bottom left middle-ish area is the DC jack. You would need to solder a new one on.

 

[ekbusser]

OK Thanks! But to confirm, it *is* possible to replace the DC jack without replacing the entire motherboard, right?

 

[jdenova007]

Correct.... very possible.

 

[ekbusser]

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