Good news, nobody! While repairing my brother's laptop, something interesting occurred. Let me give you the wonderful details.
Step one: Figure out why my brother's laptop won't charge. This was becuase his cable had a break in it, up near the plug. Specifically, it looked as if the friggin thing had been cut with a blade, and it became my job to reattach the plug, and modify it to rest at a 90 degree angle, rather than come straight out. Whoever designed these plugs is a fucking moron....
Step two: Strip the plug, solder it together, and create a cover for the plug. THIS is where things got interesting. While stripping the plug, I had forgotten that I had recently sharpened the knife I was using. Normally, the blade would cut through the plastic, then hit my thumb and stop, not causing damage. However, the blade went through the plastic cover on the plug with enough ease that I didn't have the time to register it, and when it hit the metal of the plug tip, the blade slipped sideways and cut through the rest of the plastic, as well as a good bit of my thumb. To be honest, i have no idea how the hell I got cut where I did, given the angles everything was at, but the cut begins at the back of my thumbnail, UNDERNEATH the nail, and extends to the tip of the digit. It's about 1/32 inch deep (which is about as thick as a foam emery board), and amazingly, didn't bleed much (about thirty seconds, and only enough to wipe away twice). Also, it doesnt hurt. This, and this ALONE scares me. I have no feeling past the cut, so the right side of my thumb is numb while everything else simply itches. Makes me wonder if I damaged a nerve......
Anyway, long story short, I stripped the wires, soldered them so that the plug rests at 90 degrees, and recreated a plug cover on it out of hot glue. The plus works quite well now, and is even better than before, because the plug doesnt get hit, caught, or bent all the damned time. Do I consider the end result worth the price? Absolutely. You might think that's insane, but let me explain. I am my household's resident electronics technician, and I make it my personal goal to make broken things work. So , if i injure myself while working, but the job gets done (and done well), then I turn a blind eye to it. after all, I pour tears, sweat, and especially blood into my work. And if it makes people happy, then I am happy.
And @Graypython, this isnt ALL bad news. something good came of it, lol. ^_^
