How to fix power port on Acer Aspire 5000 laptop

You have an Acer Aspire 5000 series laptop. The power port (DC jack) inside the laptop got broken and of course the laptop is out of warranty. What can you do? You can take it to a repair shop and pay tons of money OR fix the laptop yourself.

Thanks to Charles for his Acer Aspire 5000 disassembly instructions. The power connector is soldered to the motherboard and in order to replace the connector you’ll have to take the whole laptop apart and remove the motherboard. If you feel uncomfortable taking the laptop apart, do not even try it. You can damage the laptop.

In short, you’ll have to go through three easy steps
1. Disassemble the laptop.
2. Resolder or replace the power connector AKA power jack.
3. Assemble the laptop back together.

You can use these power jack repair techniques.

 

 

Static electricity can kill your laptop. I recommend wearing an anti-static wrist strap while working with internal parts of your laptop.

 

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4 Responses to “How to fix power port on Acer Aspire 5000 laptop”

1. 1
   Linda Deans Says:
   November 17th, 2008 at 1:20 pm

   My acer laptop cooling fan making noise and can you fix. how can i make the noise stop.

2. 2
   Laptop Tech Says:
   November 17th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

   Linda Deans,

   My acer laptop
   cooling fan making noise and can you fix. how can i make the noise stop.

   If the fan started making noise, I guess it’s time to replace the fan.
   On some Acer laptops the cooling fan could be accessed from the bottom.
   Take a look at the Acer Aspire 5100 disassembly guide for example. The cooling fan is removed in the step 5.

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   langton Machoko Says:
   April 15th, 2009 at 2:35 am

   I have a acer aspire 5610 and it fall so its not displaying anything and the fan turns a little when yu switch it on can somebody help me with a new motherboard or a solution of what it could be becoz the charger is charging the on light is on and it does not display and the fan rotates on the instant of switching it on

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   Laptop Tech Says:
   April 19th, 2009 at 10:50 pm

   Iangton Machoko,

   I have a acer aspire 5610 and it fall so its not displaying anything and the fan turns a little when yu switch it on can somebody help me with a new motherboard or a solution of what it could be becoz the charger is charging the on light is on and it does not display

   First of all, check the memory modules. It’s likely that when you dropped the laptop, the memory module got dislocated and now it’s not making a good contact with the motherboard.
   Reseating the memory module might fix the problem.

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