AC jacks on Vaios soldered to board or wired on CS?

I'm curious as to whether the AC plug jacks on the Vaios, preferably the CS series, are soldered directly onto the board or use a separate, wired plug like shown here ( http://www.insidemylaptop.com/images/Sony-Vaio-VGN-S360P/take-apart-laptop-23.jpg). The laptop in the photo is from a Vaio S series laptop but am not sure whether this is the case for all models.

Thanks!

 

IDK but I just wanted to say that I think it is a excellent idea to have the ac jack not soldered to the mobo but via a wire or something similar, that way it will be much more easy to replace it and you won't have to worry about the solder breaking off the mobo.

 

I agree. BTW, here is the same type of jack used on the FZ series: http://www.insidemylaptop.com/images/sony-vaio-vgn-fz220/19-repair-laptop-power.jpg

HOPEFULLY the CS uses the same concept. The outside of the plug opening on my CS looks identical to this one shown.

I'm asking because my worry was that, if it does break, the repair won't involve resoldering to the motherboard.

 

For anyone wondering, I removed the bottom of my CS this morning and noticed that the DC jack is the same way - not soldered to the board, and look like the ones in the picture. Here is mine: http://pics.shoplister.net/vaio/with_fan.jpg

 

Not surprising, but still good to know. I've taken apart several different VAIO models and the power jack is always a separate piece that plugs into the board. Mounting it directly on the board would be more than somewhat dangerous.