[OmniBook] Re: OmniBook Digest, Vol 8, Issue 1

[Peter H.M.Brooks]

I had exactly that problem about three years ago - I had somebody at HP 
solder it back and it's been fine since.

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> Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 19:13:36 +0200
> From: Thomas Perl <thp at perli.net>
> Subject: [OmniBook] xe4500: defective power socket
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> Hello, List!
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> My brother's xe4500's power socket (the small plastic/metal piece  
> where you plug in your power adapter's cord) is broken - it simply  
> fell off of the xe4500's mainboard. Photos of the disassembly and the  
> socket/connector can be found here:
>
> http://thpinfo.com/2006/xe4500-disassembly/
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> Is there a way to fix the omnibook or get a replacement connector, as  
> seen on the photos on the page above?
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> Thanks,
> Thomas
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> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:52:31 +0200
> From: Stephan Anst?tz <stephan.anstoetz at freenet.de>
> Subject: Re: [OmniBook] xe4500: defective power socket
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> Hello,
>
> I just had the same problem with an Omnibook XE3 this week. The midle 
> pin of the jack was broken out. I went to the local electronics store 
> and found a replacement.
> Normally it should be quite easy to solder a new one in. However, I must 
> have broken something else. It does not switch-on anymore, no LEDs come 
> on. When putting the flat battery though, the LEDs flicker just a short 
> instant.
> I found a few DC jacs on ebay as well. They seem to be quite expensive 
> and cost a lot of postage. I paid 40 € cents instead of more than 10 € or $.
>
> Good luck.
> Stephan
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> Thomas Perl wrote:
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>> Hello, List!
>>
>> My brother's xe4500's power socket (the small plastic/metal piece 
>> where you plug in your power adapter's cord) is broken - it simply 
>> fell off of the xe4500's mainboard. Photos of the disassembly and the 
>> socket/connector can be found here:
>>
>> http://thpinfo.com/2006/xe4500-disassembly/
>>
>> Is there a way to fix the omnibook or get a replacement connector, as 
>> seen on the photos on the page above?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Thomas
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