Laptop Power/DC Jack Broken or Misplaced

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Mar 20, 2015
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Hello Mr and Mrs Technicians!

My cousin somehow broke or placed a lot of pressure on the DC jack/port/hole/connector on his laptop, which made it shifted deeper into the hole. It's so deep that I can't apply pressure on it or adjust the charger so it will reach it. I tried shaking it down but to no avail, it didn't produce any sound which means it's still in contact with the motherboard and I think its a cabble-type DC Jack since it can be misplaced /loosen even still being intact with the motherboard. I tried to fix it via the DC Jack hole (Since it will eventually be sent to a professional technician soon which will cost more money) by moving the cube with a hole and a jack in the middle so it will face the hole (Since I heard a springy noise which lead me to thinking that this DC jack may come back up to the hole. (Still no avail).
I know I can buy an affordable DC Jack on EBay or other Online Marketing Websites but well I'm 15. I'm tight in money, and I'm pretty sure disassembling and reasassembling a laptop for an amateur like me without 1000x precautions would lead me to pretty much, failure and more things to fix. Help me!

Its a Lenovo laptop, That's all I know D:
Sorry.
 
Solution
You seem like you already know the position you're in: go for a cheap jack and take it upon yourself to fix, or take it to someone that knows how to fix it, but face a bigger bill. If that jack is in fact soldered to the main board (rather than connected by a cable, or even attached to a daughter board), then you'll probably need to take it to somebody that can do soldering jobs.

P.S. What are cousins for? :p
You seem like you already know the position you're in: go for a cheap jack and take it upon yourself to fix, or take it to someone that knows how to fix it, but face a bigger bill. If that jack is in fact soldered to the main board (rather than connected by a cable, or even attached to a daughter board), then you'll probably need to take it to somebody that can do soldering jobs.

P.S. What are cousins for? :p
 
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Antic DEATH

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Mar 20, 2015
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4,510
My aunt sent it to a shop to be handled by a professional (I think so),
And they said that it's beyond repair or just too pricey to repair.
Should I take it back and take the initiative to fix it myself? DC Jack, Solder boom boom.?