So my power port on my laptop is a kind of hit and miss. Sometimes it charges and sometimes it doesn't. I tore the laptop apart and check the solders on the port. Nothing. No cold solders, no cracks. I looked at the charger plug. It outputs 18V as it needs to, I twist and bend it and it still outputs 18V. I plug it in. Nothing! I checked the points on the motherboard for 18V. Nothing!
I twisted the plug 180 degrees and it worked. Then I turn it back 180 degrees and it stopped working.
I looked at the innards of the yellow socket on the board. The positive is the classic pin in the middle. The negative is ok too.
So I went for broke and chopped off the charger plug and I soldered a new one in. Bam, powered it right up. But here's the twist. Rotating it connection and turning it back reestablishes it. So I have to spin the plug into various angles to get it to work. Not to mention that the new plug gets hot. (is that bad?)
Help?
EDIT: It does not get hot. It's just freshly soldered. Silly me!
EDIT 2: It DOES get hot! Is that bad!?
