On 25/11/2016 17:04, Munch wrote:
I'm replacing the DC power connector on an Asus notebook. Got the old
one out and when soldering the new one in I made a bit of a hash of
things and I'm not sure now if the top two pins on the right (circled
yellow in photo) actually have a track between them and are meant to be
connected, or if I've over-soldered and bridged them by mistake.
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I'm going with the first one because it looks too neat to be a mistake,
plus, it doesn't seem to want to be sucked up using my vacuum
desoldering station - but a bit of confirmation would be very nice!
What do you think?
I would say that the six oval pads are all connected together and form
part of the metal shell - they'd connect to the power plug outer - and
the square pad above centre is the other connection to the centre pin or
socket.
But that's not from any inside knowledge, just what seems reasonable.
Cheers
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Syd