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    broken DC jack on AA1's?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by rpeters83, Mar 23, 2009.

  1. rpeters83

    rpeters83 Notebook Consultant

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    Has anyone broken the power jacks on their aspire ones? I saw from some pics that it's soldered right onto the board. My wife tripped over mine yesterday and may think the plug is a little bit looser than before, but still holds just fine.

    anyone? thanks.
     
    rpeters83, Mar 23, 2009
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    RaNDoMMAI Notebook Consultant

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    I think mine is broken now too. I use to have to wiggle it to get it to power and charge the battery. Now even with a lot of wiggling it will not give the netbook any power. Sucks, only had it 4 months.

    ~RaNDoMMAI
     
    RaNDoMMAI, Mar 24, 2009
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    rpeters83 Notebook Consultant

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    suck to hear about that. did you trip over it? mine isn't broken, actually still is quite tight in the socket. i was just curious really.
     
    rpeters83, Mar 24, 2009
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    anyone else?
     
    rpeters83, Mar 28, 2009
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    bump again. curious if anyone broke theirs and how strong these take punishment. thanks.
     
    rpeters83, Mar 31, 2009
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    My AA1 150 with 160gig hdd has taken a lot of punishment.
    -Tripped over the powercord at least 10 times. The powerconnector didn't break because the laptop fell along with the power connector.
    -Dropped AA1 from table height at least 25 times.
    -Overheated to 90~degrees Celsius because I left it turned on in my packpack. Nothing's broken yet.
    -Battery has lost 20% capacity in about 7 month with over 200 recharge and discharge cycles.
    -Longest continueous operating days: 3 month. I've only turned off the computer for about 20 times since i bought it.
     
    jackluo923, Mar 31, 2009
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