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    G53SW Power plug -- Shoddy Repair... now what?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Dyskresiac, Sep 17, 2012.

  1. Dyskresiac

    Dyskresiac Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got my laptop repaired a few months ago by ASUS. (Power pin broke, second time.) I was having intermittent issues, and eventually it died. Opened up my laptop and I saw this.


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    In case you don't know what you're looking at.... that top pin has NO SOLDER on it. I'm not sure if it was just bad solder used or there wasn't any at all and it was just making connection by lying up against the edge. That, and arcing. Over time, the arcing caused singe marks which made the connection deteriorate.

    ASUS is "Investigating" this right now. I'm not holding my breath. What should I do if they try to blame me (in usual ASUS fashion)? Would cleaning and resoldering the connection be enough?
     
    Dyskresiac, Sep 17, 2012
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  2. Benchmade 42

    Benchmade 42 Titanium

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    Just be honest and hold your ground if you are telling the truth.
     
    Benchmade 42, Sep 19, 2012
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  3. C4RN1

    C4RN1 Notebook Consultant

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    Contact cleaner, a qtip and some solder will fix that issue. You can see the rail for power isn't really damaged, worse case scenario you will have to scrape a little masking off the power rail to get solder to stick to it. I would also heat up the other points and add some new solder to them to get the solder to flow to both the board and the pins on the dc jack. Whoever soldered this dc jack had no clue what they were doing.

    I'm guessing the soldering iron was set too low and it created a cold solder joint that looked nice but had poor continuity. They could have also lifted the pad, but who knows without a better picture.

    Still it looks like it can be fixed fairly easily. If you have problems with them replacing it i can solder it for you for, just cover the shipping.
     
    C4RN1, Sep 19, 2012
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