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Contact Lightspeeds For Information On DC Power Jack Repair via mail in/shippping.

Laptop DC Power Jack Repair $135

Parts Labor Included

Symptoms of a Bad DC Power Jack Connection:

• Your laptop power cord feels very loose when plugged into the internal jack on laptop.
• Your laptop stops charging when cord is moved.
• Does you laptop power cord when plugged in "wiggle" up, down, left and right?
• The laptop only runs when you keep the power cord in a certain direction.
• The laptop only runs on battery power.
• The laptop will not charge the battery.
• The laptop switches from AC power to battery power intermittently.
• The unit suddenly shuts off.
• There are no power indicators, lights, or worse, your laptop "sparks" out the back on unit.
• Or all of the above.

Laptop DC Jack Repair Service Includes:

• Parts & Labor
• Power Adapter Cord Power Test
• Complete Dis-Assembly Of The Laptop
• Diagnostics / Internal Power Test
• Repair or DC Power Jack Replacement
• Power Test Before Re-Assembly
• Thorough Cleaning of All Internal Components, Cooling fan
• Fresh Artic Silver Thermal Compound On CPU/Processor
• Re-Assembly Of The Laptop
• Final Power Test After Laptop Assembly

Approximate DC Jack Completion Time 3-7 business days.

DC Power Jack Repair for Dell, HP, Compaq, Toshiba, Gateway, Sony, Acer, Emachines

The "key" to this repair is getting this problem checked BEFORE you lose complete power from the cord.

DO NOT operate the laptop if you have intermittent power problems!

Mail In / Ship DC Power Jack Repair Service:

Methods of Payment Via Laptop Shipping Repair:

Money Order or Credit Card payment using Google Checkout or Paypal on line payment services ONLY. 

*** No need for payment until repair has been completed, which we will contact you when repair is complete. *** 

IF the DC Jack Repair service does not power your laptop back on (internal circuit damaged by the faulty, broken jack), there is no diagnostics charge for the attempted DC Jack repair. I can only repair the dc jack, if the motherboard circuitry has been damaged, the only repair is replacing the motherboard. With this being stated, I make every attempt to repair the power to your laptop at stated price above.  The only cost you will have is the return shipping back to you of your laptop.  

Please Contact Lightspeeds Laptop Repair Augusta GA

for more information, and to schedule DC Power Jack repair for your laptop via shipping.

We are located in Augusta Georgia.

#706-726-6543

The internal DC Power Jack or power connector inside of the laptop is a very common weak spot on laptops. Due to the poor design of this internal DC Power Jack Connector on laptops, the mobility of, and the delicate nature of laptops & notebooks and it's electronics,, this IS a very common problem, #1 repair on laptops. Damaging the internal DC power jack connector on laptops can happen very easily.  

How Laptop Internal DC Power Jacks Break:

• Some laptop DC Power Jacks fail under normal operation of your computer.
• After a year or two of usage, the internal power connector just comes loose.
• Laptop drops and "yanks" the power cord & damaging the internal power jack. 
• People, pets and vaccum cleaners all trip over laptop power cords on a daily basis, pulling, loosening, damaging the internal connection.
• The laptop is moved around a lot. After the jack is moved back and forth enough times, it comes loose.
  

The above picture is the under side of an internal laptop motherboard DC Power Jack. This picture shows 9 soldered connections (legs) on this particular DC Jack. The number of "legs", solder connections vary from different DC Jacks, and laptops.

An internal DC Power Jack on a laptop "unseats" from the solder joints, or the thin prongs snap away from the board causing the electric circuit to stop or be intermittent. Most repair shops will diagnose this as a bad motherboard which can be a $300-$500 estimate repair by them, replacing the motherboard. Manufactures charge $400+ for power jack repair on laptops, once again by replacing the entire motherboard.

In most cases, 95% of the time, the internal DC Power Jack on a laptop can be replaced, if completely broken, OR repaired. Sometimes, it can very well be a bad, faulty motherboard in the laptop. If the power connector within the laptop is completely broken, cracked, it could of "shorted" out, or power surged the motherboard. Causing

damage to the motherboard (mainboard). Operating a laptop WITH a faulty power connector for long periods of time (if you move the power cord into the right position, it powers on, for example) can also eventually short, and damage the motherboard.

Can you spot the broken soldered connection in the above picture?

The DC Power Jack needs to be completely desoldered, board cleaned and DC Jack inspected.

New DC Power Jack soldered onto motherboard, power jack then tested with a voltmeter.  

The center "positive" pin on this power jack below just fell off as it was de-solderd from the motherboard

                    DC Power Jack above, with center pin.                       Same DC Power Jack with broken center pin 

You can see in the pictures above just how close the motherboards circuitry is to the dc power jack.

PHONE# 706-726-6543