text: external adapter connection to laptop? hello there, i have a question .....my laptop side connector is bad...i have a presario...supposedly compaq repaired the issue but about 7 months after the warranty expired the issue came again...the adapter cable doesn't not fit snugly into the female jack...now i have to twist/turn/and do all sorts of things so that the connection remains so much so thaat the laptop does not move from its place as much as i can help it....but the problem is getting worse and frankly i am getting extremely frustrated....i know the connector is attached to the motherboard but what does that entail...what options short of buying a new system do i have? please help!   p.s. in your answer please give me specifics as to how to do whatever you're suggesting, please! http://www.walpselectronics.com/  i don't know where you are but this computer store will fix your problem. you may have to send your machine to them but guaranteed you won't get ripped off. give them a call.