Asus Parts replacement

I need to replace the DC jack on my W2v laptop and can not find any place that provides replacement parts.

Does anyone know if this can be found on an electronic parts store or possibly parts for other motherboards that would work?

I've already emailed Asus' estore and received no reply.

 

If the estore doesn't have it, consider asusparts.eu - I ordered a hard drive caddy from there for my G73 and it came in about 4 weeks. The Asus e-store still doesn't have it in stock yet.

 

I'm sorry for stealing the thread, but would you, aramis, be so kind to give a link to hdd caddy that you've bought?

 

I just checked asusparts.eu and they only have the power adapter. It doesn't seem likely for Asus to sell spare parts that require the user to solder on themselves.

Guess I'm out of luck.

 

Hey, Asudef, is DC jack cracked/broken? I'm asking because in cases like this (hard to find replacement) I usually try to fix it. If it's broken in two parts, then it's another story, but if it's not, then I'd try to slightly bend the contacts into place etc. and maybe re-condition the part.

 

No, it looks alright, when I took the laptop apart to clean and check it out, it didn't look to have loose contacts or anything and it didn't look like it was cracked or broken.

I'm not too familiar with computer or electronics but from what I deduced, the problem is the jack itself. My friend suggested I bend the contacts inside the plug itself but that didn't help.

Right now the jack will not charge unless the plug is angled in some particular direction and if it's not, it will look plugged in but no charge LED and often times just emit a high pitched whine.

I'm open to trying anything if you could explain or direct me to articles that could.

 

Well, every laptop has different DC jack. I just use a common sense and bend contacts further in to assure contact, just like your friend suggested. Beyond this I don't know what to suggest. Of course, it would be much better if you could get a replacement. Maybe try ebay? I'm running out of ideas besides bending contacts. Sorry.

Some more info:

from my experience, the most common problem for laptops' DC jack is un-soldering from the motherboard and not loose contact plates. As you know, most motherboards have printed circuits on both sides and it is important that power jack has good soldering with both sides of the board.

It is often the case that jack's pins get forcibly removed from the solder and the board. I've seen this on many laptops where DC jack soldered directly into the board and don't have an extension cord of some sort.

So, if bending contacts doesn't help at all and jack is not broken apart, then you need to make sure that it's soldered firmly into place. I would just re-solder it again, while making sure that each pin is soldered to contacts on *both* sides of the circuit board. Use additional rosin to make sure that the solder is "liquid" enough to stick to the contacts on both sides of the mobo.

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Here is what I mean (quick and dirty in m$ paint):

 

Thanks a lot for the diag. I'm gonna do that to try and squeeze a few more years out of this laptop.

My friend suggested bending the contacts inside the plug that comes from the power brick. I'm not sure if you were referring to other contacts inside the jack itself?

 

Yes, I was talking about the DC jack that is soldered into the motherboard and not about the plug that that comes from the adapter/power brick.

Actually, bending the power plug that comes from the power brick is not a good idea! If you squeeze this power plug with pliers, then you could damage the DC jack/socket of the motherboard, or worse break the pin inside the DC jack/socket on the mobo. If you suspect that the power plug that comes from the brick is bad, then you can always try another power supply, which is much easier to buy.

It could also be that the wire coming from power brick to the jack is broken inside and this is your problem, not the jack/socket in the laptop itself. So, first thing: try new power supply. You could get it for as low as $20 or so from amazon or ebay.

 

I'm almost certain it's the DC jack on the mobo since it's been progressively getting looser than it previously was.

The contacts you mention are the ones connecting the jack to the mobo or are they inside the plug hole.

 

I was talking about pins connecting the jack to the motherboard, the ones that are soldered into the mobo. You may also clean the contacts inside the DC jack itself using a tiny strip of sand paper. But since you're saying that wiggling the plug around inside the jack causes the power to turn on/off, then pins un-soldering is most likely the case, just like it is shown in the picture, i.e. the pins of the DC jack that are soldered into the mobo and not the pin inside the jack's hole. Hope this helps.

 

Thanks, that does help. I'm going to take it apart the next chance I get and check back. I hope that's all it needs.