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Long story short, last weekend while using my T60 on the couch I felt the ac power input jack break away. It has been working fine since but has obviously loose & broken inside. Does anyone know if this is something I can fix myself and do you think it’s Ok to keep using it the way it is? Thanks in advanced for any thoughts.

Mark Sperber
Parkesburg PA

If it were mine, I would have IBM (Lenovo) repair it. A T60 is a new machine, so living with that kind of a problem is probably not a good idea. ... JD Hurst

mj sperber wrote:Long story short, last weekend while using my T60 on the couch I felt the ac power input jack break away. It has been working fine since but has obviously loose & broken inside. Does anyone know if this is something I can fix myself and do you think it’s Ok to keep using it the way it is? Thanks in advanced for any thoughts.

Mark Sperber
Parkesburg PA

Wow..You must have given it quite a tug as the t60 ac power jack looks to be the strongest in IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad history.

Definitely get Lenovo to fix it asap.

Wow..You must have given it quite a tug as the t60 ac power jack looks to be the strongest in IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad history.

Definitely get Lenovo to fix it asap.

Thanks for your input guys. I guess I'll be calling the repair depot as soon as I get a chance.

For the record I was inadvertently bearing the weight of the T60 on the power jack and felt it give way and push in a bit. After looking up the part it looks like it is a sub assembly of the cooling fan.

Mark

Every now and then Apple comes up with a brilliant idea. Their magnetic power plug is one of them. Wish every laptop had one.

steveg47 wrote:Every now and then Apple comes up with a brilliant idea. Their magnetic power plug is one of them. Wish every laptop had one.

I am not Apple fan but the first time I saw thier magnetic power plug, I thought this should be the standard for all laptops and many other devices!