Toshiba Satellite 4060CDT Repair

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The AC adapter doesn't always make a good contact. The jack at the
rear of the laptop seems to be loose. I would like to it apart and
see if I could re-solder it. Do I have to remove the keyboard and get
to it from the top or do I remove the bottom to access it?
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Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

I guess this has something to do with the question I posted, but I
can't figure how.


On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 18:32:31 GMT, "BigJIm" <Jim10277@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>when I work on a laptop the minimum is 50 dollars an hour plus parts.
>to change a hard drive for example takes about 2 hrs. 15 minutes to change
>the drive and 1 hour and 45 minutes or so to load the operating system and
>drivers. The hard drive cost starts about 75 dollars for a 10 gigabyte and
>then up. So just to change a hard drive with me would be about 200 dollars.
>I would get the warranty
>
>
>
>"William J. Burlingame" <wjburl@bs.net> wrote in message
>news:f77rs0p6iq8qeo1h0ackkhahbi7ki4kabr@4ax.com...
>> The AC adapter doesn't always make a good contact. The jack at the
>> rear of the laptop seems to be loose. I would like to it apart and
>> see if I could re-solder it. Do I have to remove the keyboard and get
>> to it from the top or do I remove the bottom to access it?
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> bs has been included as part of my e-mail address to reduce the
>> amount of spam mail. Change the 'bs'in my address to 'bellsouth'
>> to send me a message.
>>
>> Bill Burlingame
>

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Bill Burlingame

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

On some Toshiba (and perhaps other) laptops, the power jack is not on
the motherboard but is simply a "plastic" part that slides into
"channels" molded into the lower case, and is easily replaceable in
seconds (once you get the lower case split open, that is). It then has
a short -(3" to 6" ) 2-wire cable and plug that goes to the motherboard.
It's a very good design. But it's not universal or even predominant,
even on Toshiba machines.


Quaoar wrote:

> William J. Burlingame wrote:
>
>>The AC adapter doesn't always make a good contact. The jack at the
>>rear of the laptop seems to be loose. I would like to it apart and
>>see if I could re-solder it. Do I have to remove the keyboard and get
>>to it from the top or do I remove the bottom to access it?
>>---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>bs has been included as part of my e-mail address to reduce the
>>amount of spam mail. Change the 'bs'in my address to 'bellsouth'
>>to send me a message.
>>
>>Bill Burlingame
>
>
> Laptops are assembled (for the most part) from the bottom up, so
> entering the unit is top down, keyboard first. However, the mainboard
> will likely have to be removed, depending on the location of the AC
> jack, to gain access. When you get in there, look carefully at the
> board itself to verify that it has not cracked which will make a simple
> soldering job fail quickly. If cracked, it might be possible to splint
> the board at the bottom with a piece of plastic perfboard epoxied to it.
>
> Q
>
>