Hi there, I have a friend's laptop here... It's a Toshiba Satellite A500-1GL and the power jack was broken. I took the laptop apart, and unlike most power jacks that solder directly to the board, this has a cable and plugs into the motherboard. The socket that plugs in has 4 pins, but the old sockets pins are still in the mobo. I've tried and they won't budge... Does anyone have any ideas of how to either get the old pins out or a workaround? I'm pretty competent with a soldering iron.
Thank you so much for any help you can offer, I really appreciate it. A new mobo is about £75 and I don't really want to go there for a laptop that's pretty sucky!
Thank you so much for any help you can offer, I really appreciate it. A new mobo is about £75 and I don't really want to go there for a laptop that's pretty sucky!