im from india and i got a toshiba m35x gift from my cousin from USA. ok the problem is the adapter pin is loose i have to keep touching or spin it around to get the power so that the laptop starts. my battery do not charge at all so i thought maybe the problem is with the battery and i ordered for a new one but today after getting the new battery and also a new adapter the new battery did not charge at all. when the laotop is off the orange light of charging indicator does show but it never charged the battery at all amd whem i turm the laptop on the orange light dissapears, and the new adapter is also having same issue its kinda loose kile the old one, i thought after buying a new one the problem may get solved but never did. now the guy from the shop who brought me the new adapter and new battery is saying he have to replace the connector of my m35x and the problem will get solved and battery will charge. do you think i should get him to replace the connector? and one last question by any means is my old battery actually not gone bad but it stopped charging bcoz of the adapter pin issue?

thanks in advanse please someone guide me asap.

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I couldn’t correct this problem with out removeing the power jack entirely. There is not a proper solder to the top of the PC board. After cleaning the board up and providing two connections(top & bottom of the PC board) soldered positively, I inserted a wire to both 19V+ and neg connections and relocated the power plug externally.

It may not look OEM brand new… but it’ll last way longer than those. (the constant plugging/unplugging takes a toll on thr PC board connections)
oh BTW: it cost nothing to fix (if u have the tools)

I recently purchased a secondhand Toshiba equium L20-264 that wouldn’t charge the battery, even a new one. The orange charge light would stay constant for about 10 mins then blink non stop when I plug in the ac adaptor. Power meter says unknown remaing 0% charging. After taking the laptop apart I notice that the PF1 component looked damaged, like the description ‘it looks like a droplet’. I came across a forum when someone said that they managed to repair the PF1 (power fuse 1) by resoldering the connection and solved his problems. Another comment was to replace it with some sort of resister to protect power surge. I was wondering if anybody has tried this? and if using a resister, what amperage should it be?

back again, my fixed satHELLite, has same problem again dc jack came away from the board thingy, what about wiring outside of laptop.

Apparently, you didn’t solder it properly the first time. Make sure all contacts on motherboard and jack are clean and coated with fresh solder. Solder it back in.
If you do a good job, the repair should last.

I am wondering what the part number pf1 is so I can buy a new one for this laptop m35x-s161.

PF – power fuse? I don’t know the value of the fuse, but I think it could printed on the fuse.

I read that the speakers need to have a good ground where is that exactly that is being mentioned?

I mentioned about top cover grounding problem in this post.