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Hi, I had a loose power socket and superglued it and that lasted just
fine for a few months. Then it went out beyond
an ability to glue it again, but still have a occasional power
connection when moving it. I pulled out the motherboard and the solder
on the bottom side of the board where the socket connects, the solder
was burnt away and brittle.

I'm not much of a solderer, just have a cheap soldering iron with a
large tip. Is there a pretty much common method to repair this, I was
thinking of dropping a drop of solder where the solder failed instead
of finding somebody to repair it. Then putting the laptop back
together and see if it works and do a re-superglue of the offending
loose socket.

Thanks for any tips or suggestions. Tools needed, over my head in my
abilities?

It's a compaq presario 1692

Thanks


Doesn't sound like you know how to solder at all.

Do a bit of Googling on soldering techniqes, you'll soon learn how to do it
properly, and practice on a bit of scrap PCB if you can find any - you need
to be quick and efficient to prevent damaging your motherboard further with
excessive and prolonged heating.

Your idea of dropping a drop of solder just will not work - the basis of
soldering is that you have to heat up both items to be soldered together to
a temperature sufficient to melt the solder. Solder will not bond to a
metal colder than its melting point, you will get what is called a dry
joint or cold solder joint. You will be able to just scrape the solder off
with your finger. You need to heat up both the component and the PCB solder
pad simultaneously with the iron, then apply solder and let it melt over the
entire joint area, then remove the iron and allow to cool.

If the solder pad is damaged, you may have to add some thin wire to effect a
good repair.

Good luck, and DO practice first, trust me on that one.




Gareth.