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    Broken Port

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by notaclue, Jun 23, 2007.

  1. notaclue

    notaclue Newbie

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    I am hoping someone can help me - My younger daughter tripped over the ethernet cable of my older daughter's laptop. The cable ripped out of the port and one of the little gold/copper wires from the port broke off - When I plugged the cable back into the laptop there is no connection for the internet. I am wondering if I can replace the port and if so, how difficult of a job is it to do - The model is a L25-S119. Thank you for your time
     
    notaclue, Jun 23, 2007
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  2. aaa

    aaa Notebook Consultant

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    Most likely it will involve difficult soldering... if you're lucky, the port's on a separate mini-board that you can just replace by itself, but that is a pretty rare case.

    I'd suggest one of those pcmcia ethernet cards.
     
    aaa, Jun 23, 2007
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    notaclue Newbie

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    Thank you for your fast response - I will look into the pcmcia card that you speak of!
     
    notaclue, Jun 23, 2007
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    skywalker Business Notebook FTW!!

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    Yes, the best and cheapest solution is using PCMCIA-LAN.
     
    skywalker, Jun 24, 2007
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