• const_void@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I used to be in the laptop repair biz. The most common failure mode we saw was the barrel connector. Even ones that were detached from the motherboard like the IBM Thinkpads had.

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      1 year ago

      The Apple mag-connectors are pretty awesome. I’ve never owned a macbook, but I still think those are the cat’s ass.

    • 𝔹𝕚𝕫𝕫𝕝𝕖
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      1 year ago

      Yup, got lucky if it was on a daughterboard but I’ve had dudes donate their broken machines when they got the solder quote.

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      1 year ago

      Honestly, I think that that has less to do with the connector itself and more because the power cord gets yanked.

      I’d assume that you could get a similar effect with any connector, USB included. Well, Apple’s MagSafe ones maybe not, as that’ll just pull the cord away.