Laptop power port issues

[prodigousranger]

My roommates laptop charging port is basically defunked. He has to hold the power cord in for it to keep a connection. Since there is no way to fix just that part on the motherboard, or at least Im told that. The only option would be to replace the motherboard.

However, I was wondering is there a way to directly connect where the battery connects to the motherboard to a DC source? Like are there adapters for those kinds of terminals or would we have to fashion something custom?

 

[COLGeek]

You might be able to rig something up (no commerical adapters to do as you propose), but the likelihood of zapping you or the computer makes this a bad proposition. Swapping a laptop mobo is not that difficult. Also, is this system still under warranty? If so, contact the vendor for help.