Re: [Thinkpad] Power connector

On my T23, there's a small slot beneath the power connector. It looks like,
if that happened to me, I could stick a safety pin in there (because spring
steel is hard enough to use) and bend the tab back out. Anyone else have any
ideas?

On 1/23/07, Phil Smith III <lists@akphs.com> wrote:
>
> One of my Thinkpad power connectors is flaky. It looks like the little
> metal spring piece that provides some pressure against the outside of the
> plug coming from the brick is bent in, so it doesn't provide reliable
> pressure.
>
> How hard is this to fix? Is it worth trying to just hook it with a piece
> of
> wire and bend it out a bit, or is that going to break it off completely?
>
> Obviously any answers are YMMV and all risks are mine, just looking for
> opinions...
>
> ...phsiii
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