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    Power jack wiggles

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by corypgr, Nov 17, 2009.

  1. corypgr

    corypgr Newbie

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    I have recently purchased a VPCCW17FX Sony Vaio Laptop. I've just recently noticed that the power plug seems to wiggle in the jack a bit and I was wondering if this is something I should be concerned with. It does not seem to affect the power connection any but I would like to know if it is something I should worry about.
     
    corypgr, Nov 17, 2009
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  2. hamud

    hamud Notebook Evangelist

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    it's very normal ,, actually it's suppose to be like that , if it doesn't wiggle it will be easy to broke.
     
    hamud, Nov 18, 2009
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  3. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Most new notebooks come with a jack that is connected to the motherboard with wires, letting it move.

    They used to just solder the jack directly to the motherboard, but that caused it to break after a while.
     
    moral hazard, Nov 18, 2009
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  4. corypgr

    corypgr Newbie

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    Thanks for the replies. I tend to get paranoid about things and I just wanted to be sure.
     
    corypgr, Nov 19, 2009
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