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<blockquote data-quote="tpmeredith" data-source="post: 7281303" data-attributes="member: 625173">They stopped soldering ports on boards a good while ago, 5-10% of models still are soldered on but not manyDont need to solder, it&#039;s a cable that plugs into the board, one end plugs into board, other end is the port, that&#039;s actually the reason it&#039;s loose, because with most hp&#039;s it just slides into the frame and isn&#039;t overly-secure, many mistake the looseness for being a bad port when it&#039;s just a design flawSometimes it does require pulling the board out, sometimes if you&#039;re lucky you can halfway-dissassemble it and replace it thereI can do it all for you for not too much $$ if you want, that and the cable-ports are actually pretty cheap, usually in the range of 10-20 buxBut i would definitely check if it&#039;s the charger first before all of thatAnd if by the minute chance it is soldered, it&#039;s not something easy to do yourself, i&#039;ve seen many damaged/killed boards on account of soldering ports</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tpmeredith, post: 7281303, member: 625173"] They stopped soldering ports on boards a good while ago, 5-10% of models still are soldered on but not many Dont need to solder, it's a cable that plugs into the board, one end plugs into board, other end is the port, that's actually the reason it's loose, because with most hp's it just slides into the frame and isn't overly-secure, many mistake the looseness for being a bad port when it's just a design flaw Sometimes it does require pulling the board out, sometimes if you're lucky you can halfway-dissassemble it and replace it there I can do it all for you for not too much $$ if you want, that and the cable-ports are actually pretty cheap, usually in the range of 10-20 bux But i would definitely check if it's the charger first before all of that And if by the minute chance it is soldered, it's not something easy to do yourself, i've seen many damaged/killed boards on account of soldering ports [/QUOTE]

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