Thanks again for the help. I followed the instructions by itsmoked and the laptop is now working great. I'm new to soldering and it's not the best looking job, but it does work. See the pictures at http://pages.suddenlink.net/stevensmith/DellJack3.JPG and...
Thanks so much for the replies. The "inductor" has continuity from one silver end to the other. My multimeter does not measure any resitance. However, if I touch the probes of the multmeter to the black parts, I can't get any continuity. Since it appears this is an inductor, rather than a...
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, there are no markings on the part. I've posted a picture of the underside here: http://pages.suddenlink.net/stevensmith/PC273.JPG
The part broke off when I was trying to solder the jack and while trying to get the soldering iron tip along side of the jack...
While soldering a notebook DC jack, my solder iron touched and broke off an adjacent component. I posted a picture at:
http://pages.suddenlink.net/stevensmith/NotebookJackPic2.JPG
Please let me know what this component is and if I will need to replace it for the notebook computer to work...