From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Jul 25 2002 - 13:28:34 EDT
When I have asked that question in the past, I was told the socket needed a
touching up with a soldering iron, and that it's not easy to do.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Reynolds" <lr_at_fluent.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:14 PM
Subject: 760EL - intermittent power socket
>
> The other 760EL question is:
>
> The four prong socket in back of the laptop is pretty flaky, the charger
> plug needing all kinds of manipulation before I can get the charging LED
to
> illuminate. I've established that it *is* the socket in the 760EL, not the
> plug on the charger.
>
> What is the best way of replacing this item? Obtain a socket and get out
> the soldering iron or replace the unit that the socket is a part of?
>
> In either case, what would the part number be? (The only diagrams I have
> access to don't really show what the socket is a part of...)
>
> TIA,
> Lee
>
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