| This laptop has a power problem. The toshiba laptop | | | | a DC-IN harness and this harness can be unplugged |
| battery stops charging when I move the power cord | | | | from the motherboard. |
| on the DC adapter. When I start moving the cord | | | | As you see, I removed the DC-IN harness from the |
| left to right, the power LED light on the front goes | | | | motherboard, plugged in the PA3469U-1ACA adapter |
| on and off and the pa3465u-1brs battery charge LED | | | | and tested continuity with my multimeter as it shown |
| goes on and off too. | | | | on the picture. |
| I removed the Toshiba PA3166U-1BAS battery and | | | | When the power cord is still, the voltage output is |
| tested the laptop again. The laptop starts fine from | | | | 15.45VDC, the same as on the plug.But as soon as I |
| the DC adapter when the battery is removed, but as | | | | start wiggling the plug inside the jack, the power cuts |
| soon as I start moving the power cord the laptop | | | | off and voltage goes to 0. It means, the power |
| shuts off. It looks like the laptop looses power | | | | harness is bad. |
| immediately. | | | | The problem was fixed after I replaced the |
| If you have a problem like that, most likely it's | | | | defective DC-IN harness with a new one. |
| related either to the Toshiba PA3290E-3AC3 Charger | | | | In some laptops the power socket (DC jack) is |
| or the DC-IN power jack. | | | | soldered to the motherboard. |
| First of all, I tested the toshiba ac adapter with a | | | | If the Toshiba PA3383U-1BRS stops charging when |
| multimeter. The power didn't cut off no matter how | | | | you wiggle the power plug inside the jack, either you |
| badly I moved the cord. The power adapter output | | | | have a bad power adapter (test it with a voltmeter) |
| voltage was 15.45VDC all the time. That means there | | | | or the power jack is broken or loose. |
| is nothing wrong with the toshiba PA3468U-1ACA | | | | You cannot simply unplug the jack and replace it with |
| adapter and most likely there is a problem with with | | | | another one. You'll have to unsolder the old jack and |
| the power socket inside the laptop.In the laptop I | | | | solder a new one back on the motherboard as I |
| was fixing (Tecra M2) the power jack is attached to | | | | described in this post. |