[ale] Good Linux laptops

[Alex Carver]

Ack Supply (otherwise known as Ack, Ack Radio, Ack Electronics, etc.)

www.acksupply.com

Still there supposedly.


On 3/16/2013 19:36, Michael Nolan wrote:
> I have many laptop power jack fixes floating about that consist of a
> 1/8 inch barrel plug and socket with 2~3 inch pigtails that I used to
> get from a electronics store on the east side of Northside Dr. @ 10th
> street. I used to buy them by the handfuls, and I've never had to do
> that repair twice. It leaves a ugly two inch tail hanging out of the
> laptop and it's a "live" male plug on the power supply end. Not
> elegant, but I like danger and it works and disconnects clean on a
> pull to the conductors.
>
> I just looked at Google maps and it looks like the location is now
> taken over by The Southern Regional Board Student Student Center
> Commons or somesuch.
>
> Anyone remember the name of that place? or if or where they have moved
> to? (best stock of shrink tube I've ever seen...)
>
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 12:29 AM, David Ritchie <deritchie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> One thing to always check on laptops is that the power jack is on a pigtail
>> instead of being soldered to the motherboard - much easier to  fix when the
>> power jack fails in the future. Make certain that a service manual is
>> available that tells your how to get
>> the machine open to work on it. A quick way to check is to go to Ebay and
>> search for a power jack for the computer in question,
>> which will allow you to easily seen what kind of connector it is using...
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