Need a favour - anyone fancy doing a bit of soldering?

[PeteG]

Right. Laptop needs a new power socket DC jack wotcha, so I've took it to bits (following a guide on the internet). I now need to the old one desoldering and removing, and the new one putting on the motherboard.

Anyone around the Teesside area fancy doing this for some beer money, beer, a custom T-shirt, or anything else they fancy in return (within reason... ;0 )?

[ARphotographs]

i'v got a soldering iron you can borrow, i'm not amazing at soldering so wouldn't want to f*ck it up. But i'm in teesside so can lend you the soldering iron and some solder if you want to give it a go?

[magpies]

If you want a choice I'm also in Teesside (Fairfield/Stockton) and have gas soldering iron etc. if you wish to borrow

[PeteG]

Aha! Offers appreciated chaps, but while I'm good at taking things to pieces, soldering is something I'm not terribly good at. And there's bits on the circuit board that look important, and thus expensive... so I'd really need someone to do the physical desoldering and soldering...

[Who me ?]

PeteG said:

Aha! Offers appreciated chaps, but while I'm good at taking things to pieces, soldering is something I'm not terribly good at. And there's bits on the circuit board that look important, and thus expensive... so I'd really need someone to do the physical desoldering and soldering...

Quite honestly - unless you can get someone used to working on boards( with the right kit) - might be cheaper in the long run to take it to a pro - it's only too easy to damage a PCB ( for example the holes in the board might be through holes ,connecting both sides of the board - damage that and you could end up in problems) - or lift a track and again that's a pro job to repair .And choice of iron - gas one -possibly ok ,but temperature could well be wrong for the board .Electric - there's leakage currents to consider ( some Chips don't like leakage ending up with fried chips )

[Wedg1e]

Well, if you get stuck, my iron tips go down to 1mm...

[peterperkins]

Post a decent pic of the affected pcb/socket area so we can asses the job.

I've been soldering electronic stuff for 40 years so am willing to have a go. I live near thirsk.

No warranty whatsoever.

[528Sport]

peterperkins said:

No warranty whatsoever.

I normally say the repair is garunteed as far as the door.....
To the OP
I work for a certain radio station (engineering/technology dept) based in Gateshead and I am use to doing this sort of stuff but you'd have to bring it up here.

PM me if I can help

Dave