You are indeed lucky. Normally its the whole motherboard which is knackered
as the pcbtracks lift and crack.
More substantial manufacture should be used on all plugs and sockets on
portable equipment in my view.

Brian

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"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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I have an Acer Aspire S7 and the DC power socket is goosed so I looked up
the part on ebay and it is only £4.50. However, the youtube video on fitting
it lasted 50 minutes so I took it to a repair man who said the job would
take HIM about 1.5 hours.

What a palaver for such a simple part - still he'll only charge me £20.