Comments for Defective Kit http://defectivekit.com it's not broken. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:24:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Guide to fixing a laptop power jack. A Do-it-yourselfer by Alan http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6462 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:24:13 +0000 http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6462 Hi
Very good and informative, but liked to have seen pics of the dc jack
Being fitted, and the exact location where to solder!

Thanks

]]> Comment on Guide to fixing a laptop power jack. A Do-it-yourselfer by John Gibbons http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6458 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:08:08 +0000 http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6458 I was thinking about replacing my DC jack but the process seemed a little out of my expertise. Instead I just bought a brand new charger from alphachargers.com and it seemed to do the trick

]]> Comment on HowTo: Guide to replacing your laptop LCD by Tips On Laptop Screen Replacement | Laptops Gadgets http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/20/howto-guide-to-replacing-your-laptop-lcd/#comment-6435 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:36:08 +0000 http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/20/howto-guide-to-replacing-your-laptop-lcd/#comment-6435 [...] replacing your laptop screen by your own. It’s not difficult. You can also find more information here. You only need a little screwdriver and a lot of attention and patience. The first step is to [...]

]]> Comment on Guide to fixing a laptop power jack. A Do-it-yourselfer by John http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6429 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:22:22 +0000 http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6429 Hi Jim – here’s the service manual http://www.tim.id.au/blog/tims-laptop-service-manuals/#toc-acer (I’m assuming that the 7736Z one is yours). See it that helps.

]]> Comment on Guide to fixing a laptop power jack. A Do-it-yourselfer by Jim http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6423 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:14:45 +0000 http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6423 Anyone have any idea how to get the case off of an ACER ASPIRE 7736Z-4088 ? I’ve removed the battery, hard drive, memory, wireless, processor cooler, and all screws I can find. Case still won’t budge. Ideas?

]]> Comment on Guide to fixing a laptop power jack. A Do-it-yourselfer by Siáinte http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6420 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:05:06 +0000 http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6420 I have a toshiba p200 and the power plug in the PC is acting up. i need to pull the power lead to one side to get power on. how do i get a new power jack for PC???

]]> Comment on Guide to fixing a laptop power jack. A Do-it-yourselfer by Rodrigo http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6414 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:35:27 +0000 http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6414 Brandon,
I’m doing it right now. I can tell you that the most difficult part is de-solder the old jack. Sometimes it has too many pads and it’s very difficult to heat and loose all at once. It’s easier with a dc jack with 2-3 pads connected to the motherboard.

Alun,
If you glued it, that’s the reason why isn’t working anymore the glue is working as a island for the connection. You will have to to the job of desolder and resolder it back or a new one.

]]> Comment on Guide to fixing a laptop power jack. A Do-it-yourselfer by Karen A YTodd http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6409 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:42:30 +0000 http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6409 I replaced one of my Dell’s receptacle with a locking “RF” (radio antenna connector) style connection. Now you can pick it up by the power cord, and swing it around in the air with not a worry..

Why they do not sell them this way is a complete mystery….

]]> Comment on Guide to fixing a laptop power jack. A Do-it-yourselfer by Karen A YTodd http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6408 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:25:25 +0000 http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6408 Nasty little think Dell does, that 3rd center wire tells the bios you have an official DELL charger or not. It’s simply a tiny little IC disguised (Dell is sooooo evil!!) as a transistor. Open the old charger with whatever you like, (a chisel and a hammer is particularly quick) and then see where that center wire goes, the first component will be the the culprit, usually purposely disguised as a transistor (transistors are black cylinders shapes with a small flat side to it and 3 legs (wires). You will notice one leg goes to ground, one goes to the third wire and the other is fake and soldered to an unconnected hole.
Unsolder it remembering which leg was ground, and which went to the wire and cut the phony one off just because… You can either mount it on the motherboard as I did or solder the appropriate legs to the center pin of the jack and connect the other one to ground. The motherboard sends a query down the center wire upon powerup, and the secret circuit returns a “official DELL, OK to use” signal back to the MB.
You can also change it in BIOS, turn off the message, but it still wont charge the battery. But if you feel comfy writing BIOS that would be a lot easier, in my case this was easier.

Another nasty thing they like to do is hid screws such as between the lid hinges under the LCD lid, they are set in very thin plastic and if you dont know they are there you may pull them through the plastic when removing the cover, which tells dell technicians some un-Dell person has voided the warranty by opening the case.

Never a Dell again!

In contrast, My iPhone broke 3 days out of warranty and the Apple store just handed me a brand new one with a new charger, earphones and full 1 year warranty and said have a nice day… Now I buy nothing but Apple products because that’s how you are supposed to treat your customers. The tech even warned me before he looked at the phone. “If you have jail broken or unlocked the phone and I discover this I will have to note it and it will void your warranty, so are you sure you want to hand it to me, or do you need to come back in a little while”, which was a really considerate (although unnecessary) thing to do.

Contact me if you still have Q’s

Karen

karenagmcc@yahoo.com

]]> Comment on Guide to fixing a laptop power jack. A Do-it-yourselfer by Alun Cronin http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6397 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:46:46 +0000 http://defectivekit.com/2007/02/15/guide-to-fixing-a-laptop-power-jack-a-do-it-yourselfer/#comment-6397 I foun d the back end of my DC jack had broke off so i glued it back together but now i doesn’t charge at all could the glue have damaged the board?

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