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can’t power up my Acer Aspire 3680 because pin has been pushed in. Power cord has no contact so need to tear unit down to repair.
here is the service manual for the 3680: click and here is a disassembly video: click check page 82 of the service manual - you can see the daughter board with the dc in socket - the board can be removed and fixed/replaced - the daughter board costs around 30$ on ebay (ebay numbers: 250663291316 & 250663268237)
acer spire 3680 series is not working