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cabal
July 3rd, 2003, 12:19 AM
got a customer who dropped his laptop on the side with the power pluged in and he broke the dc input jack. anyone out there fixing things like this got a idea where I could get the jack? everything else looks ok but the jack is in pieces.
The laptop is a p4, model crvsa-02t1-90 series.
gregoir
October 5th, 2004, 03:42 PM
got a customer who dropped his laptop on the side with the power pluged in and he broke the dc input jack. anyone out there fixing things like this got a idea where I could get the jack? everything else looks ok but the jack is in pieces.
The laptop is a p4, model crvsa-02t1-90 series.


Now if you found a solution to this, it would be great to hear about it. My brother has the exact same problem. I have found DC jacks, but they are the wrong pin layout.
freddy
October 5th, 2004, 03:46 PM
Now if you found a solution to this, it would be great to hear about it. My brother has the exact same problem. I have found DC jacks, but they are the wrong pin layout.

another googler "HP jackplug"


tis almost 18m old that post ,,

chances are he found a HP dealer to do it
DonJ
October 6th, 2004, 10:27 AM
Could you come up with a better model number? I couldn't find anything with that number supplied. Need something like a Pavilion XL500 or similar.

You might try looking at HP's PartSurfer website. (http://partsurfer.hp.com/cgi-bin/spi/main)

Enter a good model number and follow the bouncing ball.

Good Luck!
corturbra
October 6th, 2004, 10:31 AM
Well I had a HP laptop in which was a couple of months old, couldn't get a replacement jack anywhere, ended up needing a new board which we couldn't do as we're not a recognised HP Dealer.... chap went round to a HP dealer who said yeah I can sort it, it's gonna be £530.... so we sold him a new Dell laptop.

The HP he uses as a reminder to never carry around the laptop with the power cable plugged in.
DonJ
October 6th, 2004, 10:36 AM
Actually tho, when you think about it, a DC jack should only have two connectors: a positive and a negative. Normally, the center conductor is the positive with the outer being the negative.

Is this not what you have? It should be pretty standard.
AlienDyne
October 7th, 2004, 09:31 AM
Don is correct!

BTW, I've fixed several similar problems on various laptops. Only one question comes to mind. How the heck do they brake them?
corturbra
October 7th, 2004, 09:38 AM
Don is correct!

BTW, I've fixed several similar problems on various laptops. Only one question comes to mind. How the heck do they brake them?

They are users, they can do things no mere mortal can hope to achieve..... :thumbs:

They drop the things with the power connectors in
They push in too hard because they expect it to click
They push in the wrong power connector and exert additional force when it is not easy....

Anyone for anymore? :thumbs:
AlienDyne
October 7th, 2004, 09:41 AM
Agreed, but breaking it is not that easy! :cool:
corturbra
October 7th, 2004, 09:55 AM
Agreed, but breaking it is not that easy! :cool:

to use one of my favourite quotes... tell that to a user! :thumbs2:
Jeff the Brit
October 7th, 2004, 10:49 AM
I had a similar one recently on a Compaq laptop, owner managed to knock the power jack on the edge of a chair and broke it. I found an identical power jack socket inside a dead scanner in my junk pile, a bit of dismantling and a dab with the old soldering iron and it was running again. Compaq's official cure for this problem is a replacement mainboard at ludicrous expense. I could have bought a power jack socket for peanuts at Maplins (Brit equivalent of Radio Shack) if I didn't have one handy.