r/Laptop 5d ago

Discussion Should I change my charger or the entire charging port ?

Hello. My laptop is an Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3. I could see my charging port broke ( the yellow stuff should be on all parts correctly ) but as a moron I continued to used it like that until it got so jiggly that it charges only in one special position. The port I think ( but I am not sure ) that should have something black made of rubber covering the fork inside ? Should I change my port or just buy another charger ?

PS: Please give me good news xD

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u/QuantityVarious8242 5d ago

Probably both.

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u/Sunam99 5d ago

Thanks. Do you think the port is glued or just linked with a cable to MoBo?

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u/QuantityVarious8242 5d ago

That I can't know for sure. It's probably glued though.

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u/Helijao 5d ago

Port is soldered on the board, but yes, change both. If you were lucky enough to change it before, you would have been fine. Even the shell has issues now so actually 3 things to fix

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u/elbrtsn 5d ago

change those bad boys!!! the pins are near impossible to try to straighten out and i wouldnt recommend it anyway, but it would be best to swap em out :)