DC power Jack on motherboard replacement possible?

Yes Mike the off white color Jack where the Jack cable plugs onto the MB if I knew for certain the board had holes for the Jack to rest and touch the traces I would attempt to silver solder the wires directly to the MB. I have though about this a thousand times while at kidney dialysis 3 days a week. I argue with myself, well it ain’t any good as is so go for it then oh no I might screw things up beyond repair. The spaces between the pin placement are extremely close. I wondered if that’s the reason for the failure. I speculated being that close the solder machine in China can not apply enough solder to support a old f*rt like me shoving and pushing on it. Thanks Mike.

Thanks Mike, I just attempted to replace the Jack cable and the on board Jack popped off. I may have pushed too hard and that could have popped it off.

unfortunately I was outside in the sunlight where I had sufficient light to see what I was doing, the thing is either in the grass or on Mars with the craft we just landed. I searched the grass but no luck and at my age I would not make it to Mars and back to retrieve it.

I did check around some on the web and parts people but they did not have any and appears they never did or will. I guess today’s throw away society it is proper to just replace the MB and be done with it.

But with my health conditions I can’t afford to purchase a new MB and the used are from $129 up on eBay.

On my income I can not afford all the meds I am scripted so I will have a hard time justifying $129 for a MB and most likely a new battery as the new one I purchased at the time I purchased the Jack cord will not power up the computer so it’s probably bad and doubtful it will recover lithium battery’s are not designed to discharge 100% then stay there for ? days.

Regarding taking it in for a tech to look at it I had my Daughter take it by one place and they said it was time for a new one. Well that ain’t happening, back in the 80’s and early 90’s I did computer repair and built dozens for companies so I know (what I haven’t forgot) a little about computers.

Things have mostly certainly changed since then most for the better but a few for the worse .

I reside in a rural area of Mississippi so electronic techs are not common just replace not repair folks.

A steady hand with soldering experience could solder the wires directly to the MB but it won’t be me, I shake like a California quake. And I will need the pin position so to know where each wire goes. I had no luck in finding that on the web I suppose authorized dell repair shops will know but I haven’t a clue where one is in my area. Mostly looking for advice I wanted to hear but knowing I won’t.

I suppose I can downgrade the MB and replace it with a slower one. Back in my day AMD would outperform Intel in every respect on my benchmark test. Do they still do as well or better these days?

This laptop was the top of the line in every respect when I purchased it it’s a I7-5500u @ 2.4 so down grading to a I5 if it will fit is probably my best option. Question, in my situation what would you do?

I bought this knowing it would be the last laptop I would every buy so I had it loaded with all dell could put on it. Then after using dell finance (big mistake) and 3 year extended warranty (another big mistake) the machine was well over $2,200.

Thanks for your reply, to add insult to injury I had the screws on a piece of duct tape so not to lose them and while in the hospital my room at home was cleaned and they are gone. So that’s another $20 I would guess. Right now I am trying to charge the battery via HDMI from my tv, just hoping to save the battery.

Again thanks I really do appreciate it.

Best regards

Glenn