Laptop direct wiring

[HavokO_x]

Long time reader, first time poster on this epic site!
I have a dated laptop (~6-7 years old) that has a -very- faulty battery. As such, it requires constant power connection to function. Brief disconnect = shutdown. Despite the age, the battery for this laptop is supplied from the manufacturer for a ridiculous amount of money (*cough* dell *cough*). As a cheap yet possibly viable solution, I had the idea to make the AC adapter permanent, rather than removable. It would breathe new life into an otherwise functional laptop. Common sense would dictate, since the change from AC to DC happens in the power supply on the power cord, that removal of the male and female would allow for the direct wiring of the power supply system. I haven't yet explored this idea for myself, but wished to ask those who are more experienced before I destroy something lol.

 

[zink1701]

It can be done but requires some skill with a soldering iron. Also you will need to strip down the laptop to remove the DC plug and solder the wire onto the PCB. The easy way is to insert the DC cable as normal and superglu it in place (I had to do this on one of my laptops as the socket became sloppy)

 

[HavokO_x]

I can do as suggested, as none of that requires any skill at all, in my humble opinion. I just wanted to know if I could do that without any adverse side effects. I don't expect there to be, but nor do I want to brick something expensive. lol

I would gladly superglue it together, because that's the easy/lazy way out. However, would that not cause a decrease in electrical transfer due to smaller conductive area than engineered, and, because the power surplus of laptop AC adapters is small, cause a slight decrease in the power given to the CPU and GPU? I would assume that such action would be akin to using a smaller, 3rd party adapter on the laptop, causing lackluster charging and performance.