Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
L580 model.

I'm timid about taking it apart myself, and I would hope the computer tech I took it to would have eliminated the jack.

It does charge the battery, but the computer doesn't know it's plugged in. Would that be a symptom of a bad jack?

Notes


Yes, that could be a symptom of a bad jack. There are multiple connections in the jack, generally at least one for "sense" which senses what type of charger is plugged in, and if this connection is broken then it'll not detect the charger.

Of course, it could still be the motherboard. You wouldn't know until you tried swapping the jack, and the tech wouldn't know unless he did that or was familiar with Thinkpads.

The Hardware Maintenance Manual is linked below. It basically tells you how to take apart the machine. Thinkpads are generally easy to work on, but if you're not comfortable with it then you don't have to try.

https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/l580_hmm_en.pdf


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