Asus power pin question ?

[n3tninja]

I recently bought my Asus g53sw and I get really paranoid with something I buy. I usually REALLY take care of my laptops and upon reading about the power pins on the asus g laptops breaking, I tend to now CAREFULLY and SLOWLY plug the jack in. Is the power pin breaking a really common
problem, or is it just with a few machines.

I feel the powerplug is somewhat hard to push in, but it goes in without issues.

Please respond. 🙂

[kimiraikkonen]

I'm using L shaped adapter from bixmart:

http://www.bixmart.com/LC53--Right-Angle-Converter-for-55x25mm-Connector_p_180.html

Yes, there is really a serious design fault related to port as far as i read everywhere on the net. So i'm hesitating too much to unplug and replug the connector. Asus had no right to make us live with it. It's a high-end notebook especially for gamers and portable even it can be considered as desktop replacement. So it's totally not acceptable.

My question, besides using L (LC53) shaped connector, is there anything i can do in case of getting ping breakage WHILST keeping my notebook still portable / movable. It's not my desktop because.

Thanks!

[n3tninja]

kimiraikkonen wrote:
I'm using L shaped adapter from bixmart:

http://www.bixmart.com/LC53--Right-Angle-Converter-for-55x25mm-Connector_p_180.html

Yes, there is really a serious design fault related to port as far as i read everywhere on the net. So i'm hesitating too much to unplug and replug the connector. Asus had no right to make us live with it. It's a high-end notebook especially for gamers and portable even it can be considered as desktop replacement. So it's totally not acceptable.

My question, besides using L (LC53) shaped connector, is there anything i can do in case of getting ping breakage WHILST keeping my notebook still portable / movable. It's not my desktop because.

Thanks!

Please use washers, it REALLY helps. I'm 2 months in on my g53sw and nothing seems wrong with the pin + the new adapter ASUS@Dubai gave me seems to plug in and out with ease without any pressure or force like how it was on my earlier power adapter jack.

[Zygomorphic]

Glad to hear! If anything starts acting up on mine, I will definitely do that. L-shaped adapter will also help tremendously, since the torque on the pin will be lower (less leverage).

[dstrakele]

The washers discussed by @nt3ninja in http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?15864-Asus-power-pin-question&p=115507&viewfull=1#post11550... can provide additional support to the power connector pin.

[DrBeltway]

I used a rubber O-ring as a spacer which seems to work pretty well. Now there's no metal visible when its plugged in and it seems to be supported a little better.

It's probably worth mentioning that the spacer doesn't have to be made of any particular material.

Almost any reasonably solid material should work. Even a scrap piece of plastic (just slightly thicker than the gap between the plug shoulder and the laptop body) with a hole drilled in it the size of the plug would probably help.

Somebody posted a link to a "L" or right-angle barrel adapter earlier - this is a great (and cheap) option also that should be available from quite a few different sources.

[chrsplmr]

Cudos Asus Dubai ... 'pointed me at coffee/tea machine' ... No Excuses ? Have some tea .. here its fixed, try this ? Awesome..
Let hope this spreads across Asus Service Globally like wildfire .... the service part, coffee/tea optional...c.

[Zygomorphic]

Definitely...treat luxury computer users the way car companies treat luxury car owners...would beat the Apple "let me hold your hand, n00b" 🙂