I’m surprised how often I see people do strange things to make their computer work. One example is twisting the power cord on a laptop so that the battery will charge. The process of twisting or placing a book on the power cord right where it connects to the laptop seemed to be the only way to make this laptop charge. I knew what the problem was the moment I saw it. Quite often, if the power cord has been yanked out, usually from the power cord being tripped on, the internal power jack on the motherboard will become loose. The process of twisting the power cord or placing a book on the cord causes the plug to be angled up and pushes the internal power jack up allowing the contacts to touch and thus allowing electricity to enter the laptop. I would like to say there is an easy fix for this, but unfortunately there is not one. The only fix for this is to re-solder the internal power jack. For the most part, none of the big box stores will fix this for you as it requires the entire laptop to be taken apart. You can probably find a small mom and pop type of shop that will do it for $100 plus or minus a few bucks. If you have no other options and the laptop is just not worth the money to fix it, and if you’re handy with taking things apart, then go ahead and take it apart and re-solder the plug back in nice and tight.
