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Default Dell laptop ps - broken lead at the concentric power connector

N Cook wrote:
Any ideas for making the replacement less liable to break at the point of
entry into the connector. ?
Change of wire and connector perhaps ?
3 amp wire, looks as though the owner was lucky, although powered up, it is
still working.



Some heatshrink tubing over the connector body and part of the wire can
help as a stress relief. This is a common problem though, either the
wire flexes and breaks over time, or the wire is heavier and it breaks
the soldering on the connector at the motherboard.