damaged ethernet jack

weeder · 10-12-2007 04:09PM #1

i gave the sister a lend of the laptop and when she was taking out the ethernet cable it was "stuck" so she pulled it out nontheless breaking off the 2 small pieces of plastic that hold it in(like the bits that hold the tab untill you press it down,sorta)

is there anything i can do for(besides buying a pc card) it as hitting off the cable even a small bit will knock the cable out

thanks in advance
sean

its an iqon 8089p by the way

fatal · 10-12-2007 07:15PM

buy a new one...they arent expensive

Ghost Train · 11-12-2007 10:51PM

i have a bit of selotape over one side of one of my broken ethernet jacks, just to make it a bit fatter, so it doesn't come out too easily. But likes been said buying a new cable the way to fix it properly

majiktripp · 12-12-2007 10:45AM

I think he's talking about the network connection on the laptop and not the cable (at least as I read it)
If thats the case you do probably have to get a PCMCIA network adapter as theres no real way of repalcing the jack on the board of the laptop without a lot of labour and heart ache.

Ghost Train · 12-12-2007 05:08PM

majiktripp wrote: »

I think he's talking about the network connection on the laptop and not the cable (at least as I read it)
If thats the case you do probably have to get a PCMCIA network adapter as theres no real way of repalcing the jack on the board of the laptop without a lot of labour and heart ache.

oop, i think your right. usb to ethernet are available too

damaged ethernet jack

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