Goodness, that's really helpful, thank you! Even with the shipping from the US that is less than 10% of what the service centre quoted for labour costs. I imagine just swapping the card will do and I don't need to actually replace the socket itself? Welcome to the Forum. What you need is the DC-In S...

I hope it's ok to ask for advice as a total newbie - I couldn't see anything in the FAQ so here goes. I dropped my Lenovo Thinkpad T430s whilst it was charging. There's a visible crack inside the yellow power port and the charger fits loosely inside it. It takes some wiggling to get it to charge and...