Repair your broken Laptop power cord.

Step 4 Fixing the cord

The cord was coiled up slightly inside the box. I pulled it out all the way. Cut the cord at the end of the rubber spring thing (aka "strain relief") where the cord was breaking. Then I tried stripping off the "strain relief" w/ pliers... that didn't work, so I used a razor blade and slit one side lengthwise and kind of unwrapped the "strain relief" off the coaxial cable. I tried to keep the "strain relief" intact so that I could use it for the same function when I was done.

Then, I proceeded to strip all ends of the cable, remembering which was inner and which was outer in the coaxial. (If you have enough space to afford some staggering in the stripping, do so to further prevent short circuiting.) I twisted together the outer wire, thoroughly taping. Then twisted the inner, thoroughly taping. Then wrapped the "strain relief" back around the newly repaired cord.

Soldering would have been more secure, but I had none of that equipment around. The access to the soldering points in the adapter isn't horribly difficult, but it may require further disassembly, which I wasn't interested in doing.

Comments

[diddicky]

This is Good but my wiers are not that long inside the box so i cant do it

[rfachane]

Please, when i pull out the white cable, i find INSIDE it a blue one :/ its co,fusing should i connect the blue one too ??
And thank you for the guide !

[dimitrst16]

Man, was that charger hard to disassemble. But the rest was easy. My charger had an extra ground cable, as it was a larger unit from the above. Be sure to connect this one too if you have one.
Thanks actionscription !!!

[bj75y]

figured it out..the white is the live (positive) while the stranded wire around it is neutral..

[bj75y]

nice tutorial, which wire is positive and which is negative i.e. between the white and the stranded wire round it?

[actionscription]

Anyone else know how to tell? I certainly don't remember, sorry bj75y. :(

[f0rc3]

Thank you!! Took me ages to get the box open xD

[vh24]

Amazing the same power supply i got with the problem, thank you, awesome tutorial, Five starts.

[mobpim]

Thank you very much for the photos and step-by-step instructions. I saved $90 repairing this myself. I use my wife's hot glue gun to seal the case back together. Looks like nothing was ever repaired.

[actionscription]

Hey Dude, If you have a chance, give an update in a year as to how long the glue holds from a glue gun. If that lasts, then it might be a much more professional looking repair.

[mojamazica]

Thanks a lot man! This is just I need, step by step detailed explanation! I'll try to fix it by myself, hoppe it will work ;-)

[mrdamage]

Thanks, great instructions, was really simple. I did it on an Acer 4230 where external sheath attached to black cable, white to white. You saved me time and $$$$$.

[kimmyjay25]

this is harddd'