Hey, My girlfriend has a ZE4315, which also had (has) the power jack issue. Her parents took it to several computer stores over the past 6 months, now with the warranty expired, I asked if I could have a look at it, about 2 months ago. I managed to solder it back down and it worked solidly until now, my girlfriend has been very careful with the laptop since, but it seems to have just died properly this time (I have spent a good 8 hours looking at it, soldering it, un soldering it, wiring it, looking on the net for similar topics, etc.) I am thinking the best option is to find a docking bay, as I'm not sure if it's only the jack, or the section of the motherboard (everything else still works fine from battery.) What strikes me, is I own a ZE4133, and I opened it up to have a look at how the jack should be mounted/soldered, and I found that my jack has NO wiring, or soldering whatsoever, its just sitting there, yet my girlfriend's has/had some tacky looking wire coming out of the back, which was soldered into the motherboard. If anyone has a similar model with the same connection, would it be possible to get a photo? I'm sure I wired it up with some fresh wire, the way it was, but now there's nothing at all (until now my girlfriend had to spend 10 mins or so moving the cable until it was in a good position.) I would be very grateful for any tips, photos, advice anyone may be able to provide.
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Date: 2005-06-07 02:28 am (UTC)My girlfriend has a ZE4315, which also had (has) the power jack issue. Her parents took it to several computer stores over the past 6 months, now with the warranty expired, I asked if I could have a look at it, about 2 months ago. I managed to solder it back down and it worked solidly until now, my girlfriend has been very careful with the laptop since, but it seems to have just died properly this time (I have spent a good 8 hours looking at it, soldering it, un soldering it, wiring it, looking on the net for similar topics, etc.) I am thinking the best option is to find a docking bay, as I'm not sure if it's only the jack, or the section of the motherboard (everything else still works fine from battery.) What strikes me, is I own a ZE4133, and I opened it up to have a look at how the jack should be mounted/soldered, and I found that my jack has NO wiring, or soldering whatsoever, its just sitting there, yet my girlfriend's has/had some tacky looking wire coming out of the back, which was soldered into the motherboard. If anyone has a similar model with the same connection, would it be possible to get a photo? I'm sure I wired it up with some fresh wire, the way it was, but now there's nothing at all (until now my girlfriend had to spend 10 mins or so moving the cable until it was in a good position.)
I would be very grateful for any tips, photos, advice anyone may be able to provide.