DIY: Dell Laptop Ability Adapter Repair

Got my wife one of those netbooks Dell 2140 endure year, the endure brace of months it al of a sudden won’t about-face on. The assurance was out and anticipation of the affliction like motherboard abortion etc.. Luckily it turns out the array was drained and the ability Dell PA-10 AC Adapter was not alive to allegation it. Afterwards some googling it turns out this is accepted on Dell laptop ability Dell Latitude D630 AC Adapter, there is a breach traveling either on the pin ancillary bung or the ache relief. So I was able to define the botheration and just wiggled the ache abatement and afresh taped it to position so it wont move that much. The ache abatement is the elastic on the cable wire afterwards the capital ability Dell Inspiron 5150 AC Adapter box. Band fix was not affected to attending at but it worked.

Several canicule ago the Dell notebook went asleep again, ability accumulation band fix is not alive anymore, beat aggravating to jerk the ache abatement and cable wire. Using addition agnate ability Dell Vostro 1500 AC Adapter and notebook charged. So aback to the ability adapter botheration I’m abiding you can get a backup for this online from $10-$25. But actuality in the Philippines maybe Dell account centermost or benefactor it’s appealing abundant about $20-30. But if your DIY like me, It was time to accessible it up attending in the abdomen and adjustment it.

What I bare to do is cut the affairs central the ache relief, abolish the anchored wires, band out portions of the best wire to adhesive them aback to board.

The accoutrement I acclimated were:

1. Hammer

2. Long collapsed knife

3. Cutter

4. Soldering Iron

5. Cable ties.

So aboriginal position the knife collapsed on the aperture of ancillary of the ability Dell Inspiron 640m AC Adapter and hardly tap it traveling from abject to up. This will accessible up the case instead of prying it accessible with a screwdriver. Do that on all abandon afresh it would appear off.

Next there is a metal area protector, abolish them. On the basal allotment it’s anchored to an IC. So calefaction it with a soldering adamant and bethink that continued IC as you will adamant it aback later. Now the ache abatement is kinda messy, I had to cut it with a cutter to accessible it up afresh cut the wire. Next I unsoldered the portions of the wire affiliated on the board. Total there were three wires. Aboriginal is the alien wire, white wire and the dejected wire inside. So cut the wire and trim it the wires. Adhesive it on the aforementioned area as you did if you removed the old one. Band the actual betrayal affairs afresh put aback the ache relief. Put aback the area casing, adamant the IC to the basal allotment like earlier. Close the box and zip it with a brace of cable ties to authority in place.

And there you accept it, I managed to deliver the ability Dell Inspiron 8600 AC Adapter of my wife’s Dell netbook.

PS. Pics are kinda bleared as I alone took them with my phone’s cam. HTC Hero buzz camera sucks at accustomed and low light!