I just replaced the power jack on my son's T42 a couple of weeks ago. The
part was only $4 shipped on eBay, but the job was a bear; you need to pretty
much completely disassemble the machine to get to the jack. It took me
around 4 hours, and I have considerable experience disassembling ThinkPads.
A pro could probably do it in around an hour, so if you can get it done for
$100 that seems a fair price.
On the plus side, I took the opportunity to replace the CPU thermal pad with
some silver-based paste, this seems to have helped a bit with the
temperature.
David
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From: "Phil Smith III" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:54 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Thinkpad] T4x power connector
I've sent the T4x off to be fixed, by
http://comprehensivecomputing.net/laptop_power_jack_repair.htm . Will
report back to the list whether this was goodness or what.
For the record, shipping via Priority Mail was $15.00 including $300
insurance, which seemed about right.
...phsiii
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