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Dan Espen[_2_]

Wes Groleau writes:

On 01-10-2013 23:55, wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:25:06 -0500, Metspitzer
The outside circle has to be undamaged. The outside circle being the
laptop itself.

Sure. Just get a drill *slightly* larger than the central hole. It
should jam in there pretty well.

The power supply plug has popped off into the laptop. I need to get
the old part out before I can re plug the new power supply.

The plug is a hollow cylinder. A drill will not bind in it, it will
just make the cylinder spin. Furthermore, penetration of a drill bit
any significant distance into the socket will damage the center pin of
the socket.

I would first try holding the laptop so that the socket points down,
and gently tap on it near the socket on both sides. Probably won't
work but worth a try.

Second, put the attachment with the smallest hole on a vacuum cleaner,
and see whether you can suck it out. Probably won't work but worth a
try. Slightly better chance: make a special vacuum cleaner with you
mouth, lungs, and two hollow coffee stirrers.

Third, attempt to pull it out slowly and with very little force with
very small tweezers. Too much force on one side will make it yaw a
little and bind.

Fourth, get the two smallest jeweler's screwdrivers you can find. Put
them into the center hole of the plug on opposite sides of the
pin. Angle them so that they point SLIGHTLY outward poking into the
ring a little. Put a SLIGHT outward pressure on those points.
Maintaining the angle and the outward pressure, slowly move the whole
combination outward.

So far, if these methods all fail for whatever reason, there is a more
risky one:
....
7. Put a TINY amount of epoxy on the flat end of each toothpick.

Pretty good suggestions. This one made me think of superglue.
Put superglue on the end of a toothpick and hold or rest it on the
exposed part. Shouldn't take long for a bond to form.

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Dan Espen