Sony VAIO DC Jack slightly broken...

upandcumming

Hi,

I have a Sony VAIO VGN-FZ21E. Bought it in October 2008, had a couple of issues like the NVIDIA chips failing like it does in all of them but that was about it. Great machine, love it!

However, I have a problem. The plastic centre part of the DC jack has come out and is lost. I can still plug in the charger, and it will charge, but all that remains is a metal fork that connects to the inside (the negative) of the charger.

Can I just replace the plastic part itself, or would I have to go deeper and replace the whole lot from the motherboard?

PS: Would it be an idea to place the power jack on the battery itself? Would save having to open up the laptop and risk doing damage!

Thank you!

Orlock

the dc socket in most vaios is on a cable which is plugged onto the mainboard ( easily unplugged too ) , so you can replace the cable if you are competent enough to open the laptop and remove the damaged cable , try eBay for a cable, shouldnt cost much more than a tenner

upandcumming

Is it easily unplugged? I understood that most were soldered on to the board with a silver alloy so it won't just come apart easily!