[ltp] Problem with power connector in x60s

Hunter Fuller linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 17 May 2006 17:41:00 +0000


On  11 May 2006, at 1:31 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>> First I though it would be a problem, something was broken... but  
>> then
>> I preferred to believe it's designed to be like that.
>
> It might well be. As long as the electrical contact is always very  
> firm
> (this IS possible even if the plug wobbles inside the jack, it just  
> means
> the contacts are not holding it firm in all three axis, but you  
> really need
> only to hold firm on two axis), and the plug doesn't leave the jack  
> easily,
> it certainly will work just fine.
My R51's is easy enough to yank out when you pull it off the table,  
not thinking it's unplugged - I think that's why that would be the case.
>
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