Salvage Laptop

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I have a IBM Thinkpad T40 with a broken ac adapter port. Is it
worthless now since the port is connected to the motherboard/system
board and I can't power the system or charge the battery???

If not, what are my options to salvage this laptop?
Thanks in advance,
Carter

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"Carter" <tyronwashington@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a IBM Thinkpad T40 with a broken ac adapter port. Is it
> worthless now since the port is connected to the motherboard/system
> board and I can't power the system or charge the battery???
>
> If not, what are my options to salvage this laptop?
> Thanks in advance,
> Carter
>

A surprisingly easy fix, you can find the part you need at either Digikey or
even eBay.
Make sure you take antistatic precautions if you're doing the work yourself.

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thanks everyone.

i'm not handy with the soldering stuff, so i think i'mma try the
docking station solution.

it's still under warranty, but i bought the unit as is, with the broken
adapter port and no battery and no ac adapter and completely
disassembled with no screws, so i doubt IBM will still fix it.

thanks again folks

JHEM wrote:
> Carter <tyronwashington@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a IBM Thinkpad T40 with a broken ac adapter port. Is it
> > worthless now since the port is connected to the motherboard/system
> > board and I can't power the system or charge the battery???
>
> First, go here:
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/ [...] arranty.vm and
enter
> your machine type and serial number to check the status of the
machine's
> warranty.
>
> If still under warranty, send the unit back to IBM EZServe for
repair.
>
> If not under warranty, the part you need can be purchased several
places on
> the WWW and can be installed by anyone moderately competent with a
soldering
> iron.
>
> Or, get a port replicator or docking station for the T40 on eBay and
bypass
> the unit's internal AC connector for the dock's.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> James
>
> Checkout the NEW Thinkpad Forums: http://forum.thinkpads.com