Woa, that was intense. I should have taken pictures. I just repaired Jessica Dixon’s laptop. The power connector inside was shattered, and all floppy inside. I stripped the Gateway 400SD4 down to the bare plastic case, superglued the connector back to its original form, then reflowed the solder on the motherboard/power connector joints to guarantee a solid connection.

It appears to be reliably fixed now. there was a moment of scariness when i thought it didn’t work– but i simply had some superglue on the barrel connector, creating an insulating layer on one portion of the barrel connector when it was rotated. After cleaning that off with my pocket knife, it appears to be like new. Now on to re-install the Zavisin’s computer. That thing looks like it might be more difficult than it appears at first glance.

There is word of Greek food, which would make everything better though. I can’t wait.