Loose laptop power jack

[yhrt98]

My 2-yr-old Gateway laptop (NV59C) has a loose power connector jack (on the laptop otherboard). The LED indicating AC charging doesn't always light up unless I keep jiggling the connecting point. I've confirmed it's not the power adaptor/cable's fault cos it works fine on another Gateway laptop.

Anyone knows which shop in Sim Lim/Funan is able to repair such a problem? Rough costs? My research found that to replace the loose power jack on the motherboard requires desoldering off the old component and soldering on a replacement jack. There's even Youtube videos for this. But I'm not inclined to do this myself cos (a) I dun have soldering iron & sucker at home, (b) it's easy to damage surrounding circuits, and (c) it's difficult to buy a standalone power jack.

For anyone's advice pls

 

[yhrt98]

To close the loop on this, I found a highly-recommended repair shop on HWZ forums called Laptop General Hospital, run by PC Dreams. Costs about $96 (including GST) to repair the loose power jack. Took it down to Funan branch on Saturday and the problem was fixed by Tues (4 days turnaround). The service centre was professionally-run and even had queuing system like medical clinic Most importantly, they have a 60-day warranty for the repair, so I can always go back to them if the problem crops up again.