Gateway MA8 Laptop DC Power Jack Repair (Replacement)

Gateway MA8 Laptop DC Power Jack Repair (Replacement)

Now that they're coming off warranty, the Gateway MA8 laptop models are starting to come in more frequently for our $99 DC jack repair. These laptops were built with the same DC power jack the MA2, MA3 and MA7 models have. This jack came from a defective die and must be replaced with the DC jacks we keep in stock for these laptops.

Some of the Gateway MA8 models affected by this defective DC jack problem are:

MT6000, MT6017, MT6400, MT6451, MT6452, MT6456, MT6457, MT6458, MT6459, MT6460, MT6700, MT6704, MT6705, MT6706, MT6707, MT6708, MT6709, MT6723, MT6728, MT6729, MT6730, MT6900, MT6916, MT6919 and MT6920.

If your Gateway MA8 laptop is exhibiting symptoms of a broken or loose DC power jack, click here to get started with Comprehensive Computing's $99 DC power jack repair.

20,000th laptop DC power jack repair!

Thanks to Sarah McReynolds of Marietta, GA for sending her Compaq Presario 2500 laptop in for our DC power jack replacement service on February 27, 2009. Her laptop was the 20,000th laptop to come in to Comprehensive Computing with a bad power jack for our $99 DC jack repair service! We rewarded Sarah with a free repair for her laptop as well as a free RAM memory upgrade. We look forward to taking care of your needs for DC power jack repair, LCD replacement and other repairs as well!

Canada laptop DC power jack repair

To answer a question we receive just about every day, yes we offer laptop DC power jack repair to customers in Canada at a very affordable price, $99 USD plus return shipping. Return shipping to Canada after laptop DC jack repair is typically around $50 USD through the US Postal Service.

If you choose to send your laptop for power port replacement, we ask that you send it via standard mail rather than FedEx or UPS due to their surcharges billed to us after we receive the laptop. The Postal Service does not charge this to us, which will keep your laptop repair cost down to a minimum.

So, if you've been told your laptop will need a new motherboard due to a broken or loose DC power jack, we can help. We've saved thousands of people the expense of replacing the motherboard through our power jack repair service. Visit our site at http://comprehensivecomputing.net/laptop_power_jack_repair.htm for more information on our DC jack replacement service.

Bad power connector can damage your AC power adapter!

Every so many laptops we see come in for dc jack repair also come with another problem. The AC power adapter (charger) is also dead. Why does this happen? When the positive center pin of the DC jack is loose on the motherboard, the laptop will try to pull power faster from the power adapter than it should. When a laptop tries to pull excess current from a power adapter rated for 3.42 Amperes (amps), something has to give. Think of it as trying to sip through a very narrow straw. You have to work harder to get what you need. Basically it's the same type of problem. A poor connection between the adapter plug and the power jack will generate heat and even melt the power plug. Yes, we've actually seen the power plug get so hot that it melted!

We keep plenty of replacement power adapters in stock for such occasions. If you need an adapter when we perform DC jack repair on your laptop, just let us know and we'll send one right along with your laptop when the repair is complete.

HP Pavilion ZE series laptop DC power jack repair

The older HP Pavilion ZE series laptops are, in our opinion, the most solid laptops of all time. Of course, like any laptop, they do come in quite often for DC power jack repair. From our experience with the hundreds of these laptop models, however, they have a nearly 100 percent success rate with power connector replacement in our repair facility. Outside of needing to replace the DC jack, the ZE series laptops rarely have any other major repair issues.

The DC power jack used in these HP laptops is a small non-sheilded power port with three contacts: the positive (voltage), negative (ground) and a switch that tells the laptop that the adapter plug has been plugged in to the jack itself. The power jack is not reinforced, so it tends to break or come loose somewhat easily. This, of course, will lead to a dead laptop with no power whatsoever, a laptop with intermittent power and/or a laptop that will not charge the battery.

The good news is we keep plenty of DC jacks on hand for these HP and all other models of laptops out there. DC jack repair is $99 plus return shipping at Comprehensive Computing, and we turn this repair around in 1 to 2 business days.

Some of the ZE series laptops we consider to be overall solid laptop models are:

ze4201, ze4202s, ze4204s, ze4206s, ze4207, ze4208s, ze4208s, ze4209, ze4210, ze4211, ze4219, ze4219, ze4220, ze4221, ze4222, ze4229, ze4230, ze4231, ze4232s, ZE4239, ze4240, ze4241, ze4251, ze4261, ze4268, ze4271, ze4274s, ze4278, ze4281, ze4282, ze4284, ze4288, ze4292, ze4294, ze4294, ze4298, ze4305EA, ze4307LA, ze4308EA, ze4310, ze4311, ze4312, ze4313, ze4314, ze4315, ze4315ca, ze4316, ze4317, ze4318, ze4319, ze4320, ze4321, ze4323EA, ze4325ca, ze4325EA, ze4335us, ze4345EA, ze4347EA, ze4348EA, ze4351EA, ze4367EA, ze4375EA, ze4385EA, ze4386EA, ze5207, ze5217, ze5228, ze5232, ze5232, ze5236, ze5238, ze5238, ze5240, ze5242, ze5244, ze5250, ze5252, ze5258, ze5262, ze5270, ze5279, ze5307LA, ze5315EA, ze5315EA, ze5320AP, ze5320EA, ze5325EA, ze5343EA, ze5344EA, ze5345EA, ze5345US, ze5354EA, ze5357LA, ze5360EA, ze5362EA, ze5365us, ze5375us, ze5385ca, ze5385us, ze5395us

HP POWER JACK REPAIR

Compaq Presario 2100, 2200 and 2500 laptop power DC jack repair

The Compaq Presario 2100, 2200 and 2500 model laptops are very common DC power jack repair candidates in our shop. The motherboard is basically the same as many of the HP ZE series laptops and is considered one of the most solid motherboards in any laptop we see. The big flaw in the Compaq 2100, 2200 and 2500 laptops, however, is they use one of the weakest DC jacks in existence. Plus, there's no aluminum shield on the power jack itself, so the jack is held in place only by the 3 contacts soldered onto the motherboard. Thus, many of these end up with a broken or loose DC jack and come in for DC jack repair.

These laptops are definitely, in the author's opinion, worth having the DC jack replaced because of the fact that there are very few other problems that tend to come up with these Compaqs. So, if you own one of the Presario 2100, 2200 or 2500laptops and are experiencing power problems due to a bad DC connector, our $99 DC jack repair service will have you enjoying your laptop for years to come!

Find out more about Comprehensive Computing's DC jack repair service.

HP ZD7000 laptop DC jack repair issue -- motherboard damage

The HP ZD7000 series of laptops are, in our opinion, among the best of HP's creations. This laptop has a full 17 inch LCD as well as the extended numeric keypad keyboard. Typically a DC power jack repair on this model goes smoothly without incident. On some of these laptops we have received, however, the motherboard will sustain some burn damage right at intersection of the motherboard and the positive terminal of the DC jack itself. In some cases the motherboard will burn through its own insulation between the positive and ground circuits and cause a short. The good news is that we can almost always repair this problem while we replace the DC jack in this laptop. It takes a little improvisation, but we have a fix for this problem. And, it won't cost you a penny more than the standard $99 we charge for our DC power jack repair service.

Find out more on our web site at http://comprehensivecomputing.net/.

DC jack repair turnaround time

The most common question we are asked is regarding our turnaround time on DC jack repair. We turn this repair around in 1 or 2 business days (Monday through Saturday). Not knocking our competitors, but we do see a lot of false advertising saying "same day service" on DC jack repair. Once you visit their sites, however, they contradict that advertisement by saying your laptop would be fixed in 1 to 3 days. Of course it is appealing to have someone tell you they can give you same day service, but we'd rather be completely up front and tell you about our 1 to 2 day turnaround. That way we avoid false expectations and give you exactly what you are paying for. Check out our DC power jack repair service at http://comprehensivecomputing.net/power_jack_repair.htm.