ahhh the infamous jack jigle...many a brave men were felled by the weak/faulty jack... all with the hopes of seeing the orange charge light. kudo to you sir!

thanks you video was really helpful. and thanks to the music in it i felt like a boss while soldering ;) "edit": now i have just to figure out how to put the crap back together :D

Between the white circle and the red pin from the picture. You'll see the end result if u look at the 4:50 - 5:00 mark where i point to the shiny solder in between the capsule of the power jack and the 2 SMD's on the motherboard.

Hi I've dismantled the pc and can see that the connection to the circuit board is loose - actually the track on the circuit board is lifting. I would like to do away with the plug and jack and just solder a + and - cable ont to the circuit board but can't see where. can you advise? Thanks

Hello I find this video very interesting, I have a question, where exactly is welding? That video is not seen clearly, you have a picture or drawing closer? Thank you very much.

Only have a broken one to compare to, but on a working one, is the metal at the back of the socket (the metal tab with a 'nail' welded through it that looks and acts like it connects to the center pin) supposed to connect to the two central soldered side terminals (The ones which don't go through the board)? If this is the case and the problem is that the connection is broken inside the terminal, has anyone tried simply leaving everything in place and soldering a thin wire from the back piece I just described to the outer, central soldered terminal on the board? Seems like this should fix the problem, no?

can you explain please the part between 4:50 and 5:00? I don't understand what is it because of blurred zoom. I know about the circle metal end on the back and the metal lead but... where I need to sold the metal lead? one part one circle, but the other part? sorry for my bad english, i hope someone can understaind what i've write XD

Hmmm! 'Say Boom La La' isn't much use to a video where all the close-ups are blurred.

Yes :)

Contrary to popular belief, a video, even one on youtube, isn't worth a thousand words. In fact sometimes, it isn't even worth 5 words.

Did that already but twas broke down again after two charging. The solution is NOT to BUY ASUS products again. Asus won't sell you this DC Jack (normally will cost no more than $2) rather they will ask you to bring the unit and will charge you not less than $50. I'm an electronic engr and knows how to repair this but can't find this replacement part...Forget ASUS-sucks!

hi spade, there are some high res. pics of the jack www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/277300#2919994 could you pls become a youtube jack hero and explain, where you soldered. thx

not very helpful, if you have to ask for explanation about what was actually done... even after reading the comments, I'm struggling to understand what you did here exactly.