Replacing a DC Jack on an Averatec Notebook

[aceman817]

Hey guys! Someone from a different forum recommended that I post my situation here. My Averatec laptop stopped holding a charge and I realized that it was the DC jack that was bad. I've taken apart notebooks many times before so I proceeded to disassemble the unit despite not being able to find the schematic diagram anywhere. A couple of days ago, I located the DC jack and it was indeed cracked. I have a new one on the way and would like to know what tools you guys would recommend for me to resolder the new one in. A high-res photo is available at http://www.alcodesigns.net/images/averatecmainboard.jpg. It seems like there is solder and/or a metal piece that needs to be removed. I have not yet figured out how the board gets removed from the chassis. Additionally, I will need a new soldering iron and all the accessories because my old stuff has been sitting in my garage and rusted thanks to the tropical heat of Florida. Any suggestions on how to approach this and maybe a checklist of things to get would be greatly appreciated.

[Fatal0E]

Re: Replacing a DC Jack on an Averatec Notebook

Usually the mainboards have screws with arrows pointing to them or white circles around them that have to be removed for the board to come out. Also most times the screw/nuts around the vga/lpt/serial ports have to come out.

I use a solder wick to get the solder off the pins from backside of board and it just comes right out fairly easily, slip in new one and reassemble.

Hardest part about it is making sure you dont put long screws somewhere they are not suppose to be and poking hole in mainboard or have a nice dimple coming out of the plastic casing.

[aceman817]

Re: Replacing a DC Jack on an Averatec Notebook

Thanks for the reply. I have removed all of the screws that I can find. I don't want to yank or bend the mainboard so I'm trying to take my time and be careful. Although you cannot see it from the picture, I have already removed the screw nuts from the VGA connector. All of my screws are labeled so I'm not that worried about that. I went to Radio Shack and picked up the following items.

Soldering Iron
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search

Solder
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search

De-Soldering Tool
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search