DC Power Jack for Acer 7540-1284

superelitist

I recently acquired an Acer 7540-1284 (for which the Internet appears to provide a PROFOUND lack of information). The sticker on the bottom is rubbed out, so even if it was under warranty, I have no serial number.

 

The power jack is broken, so being the enterprising soul that I am, I completely disassembled the laptop, and having ascertained the exterior appearance of the jack, selected a replacement from eBay (note the listed dimension at 1.65mm).

 

Alas, I chose poorly. The power jack that was shipped to me is simply not the correct jack. I present exhibit A.

 

Unfortunately, I don't have easy access to calipers, so I cannot measure either the correct jack or the size of the one that was shipped to me, thus, as of the current moment I don't even know if the listed dimension is correct, or if I chose the wrong jack to begin with.

 

I digress though. That's not even particularly relevant. My question to the community is this:

 

Where can I source the correct DC power jack for an Acer 7540-1284?

 

Please please PLEASE, help me if you can, save for this simple request: If your advice is for me to ask a professional to repair it, don't bother. I have no wish to spend more than 10 bucks on this computer, and I've spent 3.45 already. Even if I was, the point here is that I'm trying to fix this myself. So posts telling me I shouldn't be will be cheerfully disregarded.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Super.

JackE

For your power socket,

http://www.amazon.com/Aspire-7736G-7540G-7740G-SOCKET/dp/B00J69S4NG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1396148258&sr=8-2&keywords=acer+7540+power+jack

 

For your serial number, at the command prompt enter,

wmic bios get serialnumber

 

Jack E/NJ