Several people have mentioned soldering the plug back.......How exactly did you achieve this?! Are you experienced with micro-soldering? Were you able to salvage your laptop?! Although I got good advice to take it to a tv/electronics shop and have them solder the blue and white cables directly to the board, I have not done this. The comp is still neatly packaged by teardown step and sitting in a cardboard box. It's really annoying to look at this useless box of components that used to be a very nice little laptop : (
I would love to hear how you managed the repair.
Ann
The plug has two holes in the back that slot into two pins on the board.
I slotted the pins in and the two wires on the front of the plug that need soldering to the board line up where they attach to the board.
I used a soldering iron with a flat tip (like a flat-head screwdriver) and pressed on the two wires at the same time for a second or two. That was long enough to melt the solder and reattach the wires. It took two attempts to get it attached correctly.
I didn't add any extra solder and I haven't had much experience with soldering.
There is actually no need to remove the power plug if you are careful with the placement of the top cover. I had the whole plug pull of the board and had to solder it back again. Not an easy task had to use a magnifying glass to see it.
As noted above, be very careful!
I also had the whole plug come off the board and had to solder it back. Definitely try and do it without removing the blue & white power cable.
