DC Port busted, advice?

I have a Toshiba Satellite and the peg in the DC port seems to have been shoved into the laptop. Recommendations on the best way to get this repaired would be appreciated. I've a moderate level of DIYness so if it can be done at home without needing a Masters in Computerfixerology I'd be willing to take that route. While I do want to get a new laptop, financially that's not really an option right now, and even if it was I still wanted to use this one as an HTPC, so any advice/guidance that can help me out here would be greatly appreciated.

 

First open the laptop to see if the power port is actually soldered on the motherboard or separate. If it's separate, just order a replacement part.

If it is (was) soldered on the motherboard, then look nearby if the components in general seem to be intact. I've seen sometimes that power port gotten loose and peeled off nearby components.

 

I had a problem similar to this with an old Dell XPS lappy. The problem was that the DC port was actually part of the motherboard and there was simply NO freaking way to get to it other than spending over an hour disassembling the laptop in order to break the solder joints of the port and re-solder a new one on. Find out if your laptop has a similar configuration because if it does, it is going to cost you upwards of $150.00 or so to replace what will likely amount to be a ten dollar little part.

 

Well DC port is fixed. Had to completely disassemble the thing to get to it. It was still functional but since it's one of the ones that's not soldered on to the board, it had plastic brackets that held it and place. The plastic on the port itself had actually sheared off allowing it slide out of the bracket. Basically jury-rigged a way to keep it locked into position so that's fixed. On the downside I'm pretty sure I perma destroyed my touchpad, in the process of opening the case. I also need to rehook up the keyboard, or I killed that as well, however overall it's still a net gain. Now it works, even if I need an external mouse and keyboard (wanted to make it a HTPC anyway), rather than before when it was just a brick of no charge-having-ness. Thanks for the help y'all.

 

easy to miss align or fail to insert fully the ribbon connectors for touchpads and keyboards if you havent taken a lappy apart before, whip it open again and check all the connections as its very very unlikely unless you were seriously ham fisted that anythings actually broken, 9 times out of 10 its a loose connection and an easy fix, believe me i know, used to repair laptops for fujitsu