Loose power cable shuts off the Gateway Laptop ?

disneydoc

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Oct 10, 2012
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T series W350i, does not charge the battery (Plugged in and not charging), and any movement powers off and shuts off the Laptop.

A very annoying problem, like you could be in the middle of doing something on your laptop which is being powered on by the AC power chord , and any movement and you are shut off. Then I rotate the power chord in its hole and power it on, and turn the Laptop on and restart from the beginning.

I have heard suggestions on other forums to pull it apart and re solder the power jack on to the motherboard. I am not good at disassembling and reassembling laptops, I tried it once on a Lenovo T60 to clean the fan to get it to cool better and messed it up and turned a hot laptop to a non functioning one.

I will appreciate any other input, thanks a lot.