From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Jul 25 2002 - 17:43:28 EDT
first, be sure it is the SOCKET and not a broken solder joint..
if it IS a busted socket, it'll be tough to find a part..
more likely you'll find a parts machine..
what happens is the springs in the plug get spread out from over flexing
which generates heat which weakens the spring contacts which gives MORE heat
which.. etc., ad inf...
ending up with a very bad connection..
either or both might be your problem..
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----- 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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