Laptop dc jack - plastic clip holding it in place

[Hayes]

Need some ideas here lads..

Customer thought he had broken the pin, so I have been arranging a complete dc jack replacement,.

Turns out it's just the clip moulding that holds it in place has broken off, and the pin has just moved inside.

Has anyone got any ideas on how I could keep this secure. Don't seem worth sending it off just to have a new plastic mould fitted.

Here's a pic...

Any ideas?

 

[muncherw]

Can you try reloading the picture? I have a broken link displaying.

 

[Hayes]

No problem,

try this one...

http://yfrog.com/0edscf1107yj

 

[tpcg]

60 second epoxy works for me.

 

[dgiles79]

I would use an epoxy as tpcg mentioned.

I had a very similar issue a couple of weeks ago. Customer thought the dc jack was broken, I opened it up and the plastic casing that holds the jack was just broken. Epoxy worked great.

 

[muncherw]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too.

 

[Rasilun]

JB Weld makes several different epoxies for different things that I've used. That's in the US. Not sure where you are or where else they sell it. You can find it at auto stores or hardware stores.

 

[ComputerStop]

did one of these the other day! JB Weld is great.

 

[Winchester Computer Care]

This is really a common thing on some Toshiba laptops. This is the best method I have found...

www.insidemylaptop.com/repair-damaged-power-jack-toshiba-satellite-l305-l355-laptops/

 

[ComputerStop]

This is really a common thing on some Toshiba laptops. This is the best method I have found...

www.insidemylaptop.com/repair-damaged-power-jack-toshiba-satellite-l305-l355-laptops/

Never seen this! bookmarking it, that is a very clever way to fix those.

 

[iptech]

This is really a common thing on some Toshiba laptops. This is the best method I have found...

www.insidemylaptop.com/repair-damaged-power-jack-toshiba-satellite-l305-l355-laptops/

That's not something I would do on a customer's laptop as it involves too much surgery to the case plastics, but I often wonder why manufacturers do not fit stronger DC jacks to their laptops.

I've repaired using epoxy resin in the past, but I always explain to the customer before doing so as I don't wish for my repair to be later referred to as a 'bodge'. Whatever you use it's worth opting for something that could be chipped away in the future should the need arise for another jack repair.

 

[fixitdaz]

I tend to fit a Panel mount power socket like this from rs
http://img-europe.electrocomponents.com/images/R0487832-01.jpg

 

[Hayes]

Some great advice in here, cheers lads.

Going to buy some epoxy in the morning and give that a go.

 

[Hayes]

Just had a quick look online, can't seem to find any JB Weld products in the UK.

Do any UK Technibble members swear by a certain brand?

Cheers lads.

 

[fixitdaz]

any two parts epoxy like this

 

[atlanticjim]

This is really a common thing on some Toshiba laptops. This is the best method I have found...

www.insidemylaptop.com/repair-damaged-power-jack-toshiba-satellite-l305-l355-laptops/

I found this same article about 8 months ago when I had a Toshiba and a Dell laptop from the same client. This method worked perfectly and the client was thrilled. So much so that he asked if I could do the same with the Dell, unfortunately it was the typical soldered on type that I could not retrofit to the radioshack socket.

 

[veedar]

Consider using a cable tie. I had a Toshiba with the same problem and managed to snake a cable tie around it to hold the DC jack firmly in place.

 

[MobileTechie]

The Steve from podnutz does that radio shack method a lot and details it in the laptop repair vids. Seems like a good permanent repair.

I've used Plastic Padding to repair these - it's styrene based paste you mix hardener into and it sets like rock 10 mins later. The nice thing about it is that its initial setting is slightly soft enabling you to easily trim it with a blade to neaten it up before it really hardens. You get a big tub for a few quid from car shops like Halfords, so you can use as much as you like. I use it around the house for filling holes in walls etc because you don't need to wait overnight before it's set like you do with Polyfilla.

 

[meanderer]

This is really a common thing on some Toshiba laptops. This is the best method I have found...

www.insidemylaptop.com/repair-damaged-power-jack-toshiba-satellite-l305-l355-laptops/

I did that for my own gateway. I even pulled my own wire and soldered it onto the mobo where the DC jack used to be....

 

[Winchester Computer Care]

I found this same article about 8 months ago when I had a Toshiba and a Dell laptop from the same client. This method worked perfectly and the client was thrilled. So much so that he asked if I could do the same with the Dell, unfortunately it was the typical soldered on type that I could not retrofit to the radioshack socket.

We found the article about the same time then. The first computer I repaired this way was my own Toshiba L305D...only took about 30 minutes to complete. Sense then I've made more than a dozen repairs to various Toshiba laptops and at HPs using this method.

I just don't think I could look a client in the face if I fixed this issue with a tube of epoxy...especially when a means exist to do it better.