Recent content by abdat60

Man, I wish I thought of only putting some solder on it...I ended up solering the hell out of it to remove it, then replaced the p[ower jack with a new one. Same problem, it would short on the board, ended up sending it to a motherboard fixer on ebay....still waiting, I will be suprised if he...

Awsome! The internet has everything, the art is in finding the correct term to search for. The golden term for my case is "Power Jack" Here is the power jack I found...

Thans Jim Lawrence for the quick response. I just happen to have a butane soldering gun, I bought it as a glorified lighter, but I think I can find the tip that transforms it to a soldering gun. You think I have to buy a new power adapter from eBay? Cant I just use this one? I guess a will...

I have a similar problem and am looking for a solution. My problem is that I bought my MSI GT70 off of Craigslist and I checked everything is working fine. I get home, battery gets low, plug it in the wall and it dosent charge. I'm like $hit! So Diagnostics are... 1-Plug in the wall...