Pismo won't charge battery

[fishfry]

It's a longshot, but does anyone know about this repair? I dropped my
Pismo (I know, dumb). It works fine but now it won't charge battery. I
tried different power cords but no dice.

I'm thinking that I must have jiggled the power connector and possibly
broken some internal connection. Does anyone happen to know anything
about this repair?

[Richard Maine]

fishfry <BLOCKSPA...@your-mailbox.com> wrote:

Ouch. No guarantees, but my first guess would be the DC-IN board (and
particularly the possibility that the power cord pin is broken off and
stuck in the socket). That's common with those connectors. Look and see
if there is something in there (and if the power cord is missing the top
of its center pin). Unfortunately, it is darn near impossible to get out
if that happens. I never could. I had to replace the darn DC-IN board
instead.

Also unfortunately, that tends to be a big PITA to replace. It isn't the
board itself that is so hard, but getting to it. Your Pismo might be
different, but I replaced the CD-IN board on my daughter's 12"
Powerbook. That was pretty much the most painful computer repair I've
ever done, and I've done quite a lot. I pretty much had to take every
part out of the thing to get to where the DC-IN board was. I wouldn't
have thought there was room for that many screws in that small a case. I
was pleasantly surprised that the computer actually still worked when I
reassembled it. :-(

Ifixit.com is a good source of instructions on how to disassemble Apple
laptops.

But recall that my suggestion of it being the DC-IN board is just a
guess. I'd hate for you to go to all that work and find that wasn't the
problem. Or maybe if it is, you can manage to remove the borken off pin.

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