Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, euphoricdreams wrote:

> Can anyone lend any expertise to me for a moment?  The power jack on my 
> CZ-101 has took a turn towards the flaky.  I have to wiggle the 
> connector/press it in the right direction for my CZ to power up.  I was 
> thinking about replacing it.  I am an amateur at the soldering iron, is 
> this a job that I could do myself?  Is there a different fix beyond just 
> replacing it?
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in my experience, the jack is probably just loose; the solder-connections 
that hold it to the board are broken, but the jack is probably fine. you 
should be able to open it up and just re-solder the jack.


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