I think I have a broken DC jack on my XPS M1330. The laptop seems to charge when I push the power cord hard enough and hold it that way. So it looks like I need to replace the dc jack because dc power adapter seems to be working just fine. I am out of warranty now. Since the jack is soldered on the mobo, I think I should take this to Dell or some other laptop repair shop for this. What would be your advice on this guys for me to fix this at a cheap price ? Thanks in advance !!
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planet_vikram Notebook Evangelist
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cheap fix?
Answer: Duct tape -
Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?
If you're good with a soldering iron, the power jack itself can be bought for next to nothing on eBay. You'll just have to de-solder the old one off and re-solder the new one on. If that's not an acceptable solution, you can probably get a PC shop to do it... but that might cost you just as much as a new motherboard, which is your third solution.
Duct tape is probably a fair short-term solution, but it's going to get annoying XD -
Look for DC Jack for the following Compatible Dell Laptops on web or ebay
Inspiron: 1420, 1501, 1520, 1521, 1525, 1526, 1720, 1721, 1150, 5150, 5160, 6000, 6400, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 9400, 500m, 510m, 600m, 630m, 640m, 700m, 710m, e1405, e1505, e1705
Latitude: 100L, D400, D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D530, D531, D600, D610, D620, D630, D631, D800, D810, D820, D830
Precision: M20, M60, M65, M70, M90, M2300, M4300, M6300
XPS: XPS GEN1, GEN2, M170, M1210, M140, M1330, M1530, M1710
Vostro: 1000, 1400, 1500, 1700 -
planet_vikram Notebook Evangelist
Thanks guys. I think I'll take it to some local laptop repair shop and get it soldered
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You know it might not be the jack: it might be the plug. I've had the same issue more than once, and its always been the plug from the power brick that's the problem.
If you know someone with a Dell that uses the same brick, you might borrow it and see if that's the problem first. Or maybe the computer shop has one that you can try. -
Broken DC jack on XPS M1330...what should I do ?
Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by planet_vikram, Mar 2, 2009.