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Home made fix to charging problems?

I have had my toshiba laptop for a year and a month...I say this
because my warranty expired a month ago lucky me. Anyways it gets hot
real hot so i have a tendency of tippin it backwards when im trying to
use it for something quick and dont feel like putting it on the
cooling tray. In this event i ruined the cord. So i hopped on ebay and
bought a universal. Due to laziness I start tipping the laptop again
and break the little prongs on the universal. I have a friend make me
a make shift charger that has the right pollarity and such(excuse the
spelling im a electronic retard) so this power supply works fine until
my next ebay cord is coming till one day it stop charging. So i get
the proper cord and still no power. I looked into the hole where the
power supply plugs in and it would appear that some solder is melted
and crack probably due to the heat,,,,,WHO KNOWS! I find out my
warranty expired a month ago so no help from them. Im lost on what to
do now. Is there a way of charging battery without using the laptop or
I saw a post of someone who fixed the soldering problem but didnt
catch how he did it....I have a friend pretty knowledgable of such
things. But before presenting this to him I would like to have a few
sollutions from you smart people on how to remedy this
problem........Thanks for reading this dreery story and thanks for any
help given.
Shari
 
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Michael Kennedy

Jan 1, 1970
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I have had my toshiba laptop for a year and a month...I say this
because my warranty expired a month ago lucky me. Anyways it gets hot
real hot so i have a tendency of tippin it backwards when im trying to
use it for something quick and dont feel like putting it on the
cooling tray. In this event i ruined the cord. So i hopped on ebay and
bought a universal. Due to laziness I start tipping the laptop again
and break the little prongs on the universal. I have a friend make me
a make shift charger that has the right pollarity and such(excuse the
spelling im a electronic retard) so this power supply works fine until
my next ebay cord is coming till one day it stop charging. So i get
the proper cord and still no power. I looked into the hole where the
power supply plugs in and it would appear that some solder is melted
and crack probably due to the heat,,,,,WHO KNOWS! I find out my
warranty expired a month ago so no help from them. Im lost on what to
do now. Is there a way of charging battery without using the laptop or
I saw a post of someone who fixed the soldering problem but didnt
catch how he did it....I have a friend pretty knowledgable of such
things. But before presenting this to him I would like to have a few
sollutions from you smart people on how to remedy this
problem........Thanks for reading this dreery story and thanks for any
help given.
Shari


It is possible that stress from leaning the laptop back has cracked the
solder joints from the power connector to the pcb. If that were the case
more than likely it could be be fixed by simply resoldering the connections.
I might suggest adding a pigtail wire, replacing the connector, so that
you'd not have this problem in the future.

The problem could also be caused from an improper charger polarity or
voltage and would result in a more difficult repair requiring replacement of
components.

- Mike
 
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Neil

Jan 1, 1970
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I have had my toshiba laptop for a year and a month...I say this
because my warranty expired a month ago lucky me. Anyways it gets hot
real hot so i have a tendency of tippin it backwards when im trying to
use it for something quick and dont feel like putting it on the
cooling tray. In this event i ruined the cord. So i hopped on ebay and
bought a universal. Due to laziness I start tipping the laptop again
and break the little prongs on the universal. I have a friend make me
a make shift charger that has the right pollarity and such(excuse the
spelling im a electronic retard) so this power supply works fine until
my next ebay cord is coming till one day it stop charging. So i get
the proper cord and still no power. I looked into the hole where the
power supply plugs in and it would appear that some solder is melted
and crack probably due to the heat,,,,,WHO KNOWS! I find out my
warranty expired a month ago so no help from them. Im lost on what to
do now. Is there a way of charging battery without using the laptop or
I saw a post of someone who fixed the soldering problem but didnt
catch how he did it....I have a friend pretty knowledgable of such
things. But before presenting this to him I would like to have a few
sollutions from you smart people on how to remedy this
problem........Thanks for reading this dreery story and thanks for any
help given.
Shari
Sounds like the common problem. Happens in Dells and Fujitsu to my
knowledge. I've fixed a few by dismantling the laptop, removing the
connector, repairing the joints within the connector (dismembering it in the
case of old Dells) and replacing and re-assembling. Usually works.
It's the case of repairing something (cheaply yourself) that the
professionals do by replacing the system board (at big cost). Just takes a
bit of time and care. Preferably someone who's done a few before...
hth
Neil
 
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