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Charging port on G46VW failing. Out of warranty repair cost will be over $150. Ideas?

xommified
Level 7
Title pretty much says it all. The charging port on my G46VW has slowly been failing - occasionally it'd stop charging, and I would have to reposition it or jiggle it a bit to get it to charge again. Now, more often than not, it just refuses to charge.

I contacted ASUS support and opened an RMA, and since I got this laptop refurbished, the warranty was only 3 months. 5 months have passed, so the guy estimated me a cost of $156 - they replace the entire motherboard instead of just the port.

I'm thinking of opening it up and seeing if the port can't be re-soldered on or something, because that $150 is a pretty steep proposition for a $650 laptop. (What's there to lose? If I screw up I'll still have to replace the mobo for $150.) My data is all backed up in case the port goes kaput before I send it out, so no worries there.

Any ideas? Or will I just have to clench cheeks and foot the bill?
Laptop: ASUS G46VW, Intel Core i5 3210M, 8GB DDR3-1600, GTX 660M @ 1GHz,6GHz
Desktop: ASUS P8Z77-V LK, Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.5 GHz, 8GB DDR3-1333, GTX 670 @1.3GHz,7GHz
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Antronman
Level 10
I would try to re-solder it.
I agree with you, in that what have you got to lose?
If it works, you've saved yourself 150USD.
If not, you replace the mobo anyways.
Like you said.
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