> The same thing happened to my friend, just after his warranty expired. He had it > repaired by a guy who specializes in laptop repair. The repair guy claims that he's > repaired "hundreds" of that exact same power connector issue on various ASUS laptops. > There's obviously some sort of design problem there that needs to be addressed.
Wouldn't doubt it. I switched to a third-party power brick where the connector is a right-angle instead of straight out after the repair which helps keep stress off it.
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