Re: Laptop Power Jack replacement

Im sorry it took so long for me to reply. I have taken and afew laptops apart but I really want to be about to remove and install on board components. I am about to replace som bad caps on a Older machine of mine and some caps in the PSU went bad as well. I father has some experience with replaceing onboard components. But its been 10 years seens he has done that type of work. I am not new to soldering but circuit boards I am new too.

I have a 15-30W Iron with a tip that somes to a point ( dont know it Iron tips can be fabbed ) a...

Hey guys I hope Im in the right section of the forum.

I have a Dell Laptop it seems that the power Jack connector is bad. The power pack that plugs into the wall works fine on another Dell Laptop. Also When you move the connector sometimes the leds on the laptop come on.

My guess is the Power Jack. I have never had the joy of soldering on a Mobo though I have soldered wires before. I have used a solder sucker as well. I was wondering if anyone can point me to a thread or site what will walk me through replaceing components on a mobo.

Like would I...

Re: Bad video cards

Im sorry I figured i should ask Because my boss seems to think a bad video can distory a good mobo. Like for example if a video card has bad caps on it would that cause problems. As in damage other components on the video card as well as components on the mother board. I just using that as an example but you could look at a video card as se bad caps.

Re: Bad video cards

Well my real question is. Can a bad video card cause a good motherboard to go bad? And if so. How can you tell not to use that video card?

Hey guys Im not a electronics guru at all....... Neither is my boss.

I work for a small Computer Repair Shop. Ever time we get a machine that has a bad mobo and a video card in it he seems to think it the video card that causes the problem. Is there anyway to know for sure if the video card is causing a mobo to go bad? is there such a thing as a PCI-E, AGP, PCI slot tester of some sort.