Replacing DC Charge Port on Asus Laptop

[Nelson93]

Hello,

So the other night my girlfriend's laptop suddenly stopped working for her. It looks to me like it could be the charging port or the battery. It won't take a charge and won't power on so it is a bit hard to truly know what happened. In my experience though when the battery goes I can still have the computer powered on and running when it is connected to the dc port. In her case, the light went on for charging for a brief second and was able to start powering on when I angled it a certain way. but outside of trying to angle it, it wont take a charge and won't boot at all.

So assuming that is in fact what happened, does anyone have any recommendations for what to do if I wanted to try and replace it? I'm very comfortable with desktops, and I've done other, simpler(maybe? I've just never attempted this before) things with laptops such as screens and hard drives etc. But I'm not quite sure where to start in going about replacing the port itself. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Thank you!

 

[BadActor]

You might try another adapter because it could be that. Replacing the adapter port is no easy task since it would require finding another one and desoldering/soldering to replace it. Might be easier to just find another motherboard on Ebay and replace it.

 

[boosted1g]

The DC jack is not a common item to go bad, it certainly happens but it is not super common.

I would check into your power adapter. One way to easily check it is to take a piece of wire or paperclip or something and put it in the center of the DC plug, then use a multimeter (red on the wire you inserted, black on the outside metal of the plug), don't touch it with your fingers, it wont shock you or anything it will just change the test.

If it is a bad adapter, buy only OEM power supplies or at minimum the company who makes them (In ASUS case that is Delta).
You can often find a genuine OEM in the $20-25 range from amazon.
I have seen many damaged laptops due to "generic" brand power adapters.

 

[Nelson93]

The DC jack is not a common item to go bad, it certainly happens but it is not super common.

I would check into your power adapter. One way to easily check it is to take a piece of wire or paperclip or something and put it in the center of the DC plug, then use a multimeter (red on the wire you inserted, black on the outside metal of the plug), don't touch it with your fingers, it wont shock you or anything it will just change the test.

If it is a bad adapter, buy only OEM power supplies or at minimum the company who makes them (In ASUS case that is Delta).
You can often find a genuine OEM in the $20-25 range from amazon.
I have seen many damaged laptops due to "generic" brand power adapters.

Thank you for the response, I do intend on trying an adapter first since it would be a much easier fix. I appreciate the recommendation on the multimeter. If the port is in fact the culprit I think I may just replace the board itself, seeing as I have no experience soldering/desoldering and I don't think I want this to be my first attempt haha.

 

[Nelson93]

You might try another adapter because it could be that. Replacing the adapter port is no easy task since it would require finding another one and desoldering/soldering to replace it. Might be easier to just find another motherboard on Ebay and replace it.

Thanks for responding, I think I agree with you actually. Just watched a video of soldering/desoldering the port and I don't think I want my first attempt at desoldering to be this so if the replacement power adapter doesn't solve it, I'll probably look into that.