Replacement DC plug for laptop needed
 

Our laptop has melted its DC power lead plug due to overheating. It appears
to have an external diameter of 5 mm and an internal one of about 2 mm.
It's attached to a 19V 4A LITEON powersupply for a Medion Laptop. The
closest in Maplin is a 5.5/2.1mm plug but it's part of a set (cheap enough
mind you) but they don't give you any other info about them.

I'm wating to hear from Medion themselves but I'm not going to hold my
breath too long. Any other recommendations where I might get a replacement
plug that I can solder on?

Tim

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On 04/03/2004 Tim Downie a wrote :
Our laptop has melted its DC power lead plug due to overheating. It appears
to have an external diameter of 5 mm and an internal one of about 2 mm.
It's attached to a 19V 4A LITEON powersupply for a Medion Laptop. The
closest in Maplin is a 5.5/2.1mm plug but it's part of a set (cheap enough
mind you) but they don't give you any other info about them.

Last time I needed one, they did the plugs individually at Maplin.
Farnell might be worth checking as well.

Watch out for the external diameter being correct, but the internal
being too big to make proper contact.

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In article ,
Tim Downie wrote:
Our laptop has melted its DC power lead plug due to overheating. It
appears to have an external diameter of 5 mm and an internal one of
about 2 mm. It's attached to a 19V 4A LITEON powersupply for a Medion
Laptop. The closest in Maplin is a 5.5/2.1mm plug but it's part of a
set (cheap enough mind you) but they don't give you any other info about
them.

If you've been to the Maplin site you've probably found out there are many
varieties of a nominal external 5mm power connector. The only way might be
to get one of each and find out which is the tightest fit.

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Replacement DC plug for laptop needed
 

Tim Downie wrote:
Our laptop has melted its DC power lead plug due to overheating. It appears
to have an external diameter of 5 mm and an internal one of about 2 mm.
It's attached to a 19V 4A LITEON powersupply for a Medion Laptop. The
closest in Maplin is a 5.5/2.1mm plug but it's part of a set (cheap enough
mind you) but they don't give you any other info about them.

http://www.cpc.co.uk/
http://rswww.co.uk/
http://www.farnell.co.uk/
http://www.theonion.com/

Are all websites that may be of use.

Replacement DC plug for laptop needed
 

Our laptop has melted its DC power lead plug due to overheating.

Depending on the age, you may be able to argue that it has failed within
what would be considered a normal lifespan for the goods and get it
repaired free. As a UK consumer IIRC, the vendor may be responsible for
the durability of the goods for up to 6 years, but will usually try to
hide behind the "out of warranty" mantra to avoid having to do anything.
The initial cost may also have a bearing on the odds of getting a free
repair too...

How old is it ?

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Ian Stirling wrote:
Tim Downie wrote:
Our laptop has melted its DC power lead plug due to overheating. It
appears to have an external diameter of 5 mm and an internal one of
about 2 mm. It's attached to a 19V 4A LITEON powersupply for a
Medion Laptop. The closest in Maplin is a 5.5/2.1mm plug but it's
part of a set (cheap enough mind you) but they don't give you any
other info about them.

http://www.cpc.co.uk/
http://rswww.co.uk/
http://www.farnell.co.uk/
http://www.theonion.com/

Are all websites that may be of use.

Thanks. CPC have provided the necessary. Not quite sure of the relevance
of "TheOnion" site though. ;-)


TIm


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Colin Wilson wrote:
Our laptop has melted its DC power lead plug due to overheating.

Depending on the age, you may be able to argue that it has failed
within what would be considered a normal lifespan for the goods and
get it repaired free. As a UK consumer IIRC, the vendor may be
responsible for the durability of the goods for up to 6 years, but
will usually try to hide behind the "out of warranty" mantra to avoid
having to do anything. The initial cost may also have a bearing on
the odds of getting a free repair too...

I assure, trying to get Medion to do anything within a reasonable space of
time is next to impossible, let alone trying to get them repair a laptop out
of warranty. I've already done the hard part which was to strip out the
motherboard and resolder the socket connections. For the cost of a plug,
it's far far easier (and less stressful) to do it myself.

How old is it ?

2yr.

Tim

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Tim Downie wrote:
I've already done the hard part which was to strip out the
motherboard and resolder the socket connections. For the cost of a plug,
it's far far easier (and less stressful) to do it myself.

If you were going that far, it might have been worth replacing both plug
and socket with a matching pair from Maplin etc.

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Dave Plowman wrote:
In article ,
Tim Downie wrote:
I've already done the hard part which was to strip out the
motherboard and resolder the socket connections. For the cost of a
plug, it's far far easier (and less stressful) to do it myself.

If you were going that far, it might have been worth replacing both
plug and socket with a matching pair from Maplin etc.

I realise that *now* but a the time I wasn't entirely sure that that was
where the problem lay. I wasn't entirely sure that I'd remember how to put
the darn thing back together again if I left it in bits for too long. My
brain can only memorise where a zillion screws and other components go for
so long. ;-)

I'll know how to do it next time it burns out though.

Tim

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Tim Downie wrote:
Dave Plowman wrote:
In article ,
Tim Downie wrote:
I've already done the hard part which was to strip out the
motherboard and resolder the socket connections. For the cost of a
plug, it's far far easier (and less stressful) to do it myself.

If you were going that far, it might have been worth replacing both
plug and socket with a matching pair from Maplin etc.

I realise that *now* but a the time I wasn't entirely sure that that was
where the problem lay. I wasn't entirely sure that I'd remember how to put
the darn thing back together again if I left it in bits for too long. My
brain can only memorise where a zillion screws and other components go for
so long. ;-)

Digital cameras are really handy.
Even at relatively low resolution.

Take a bit of polystyrene, take a picture of screw you'r going to remove,
push it in polystyrene, take a picture of the screw.
Repeat until disassembled.
This gets you pictures of where every screw goes, to reassemble you simply
go back through the pictures in reverse order.