~steamfox

Hello all you tech-savvy and highly creative persons.

I have a AGPtEK light tablet and it has given me about ten years of good service and has "Outlived" two power cable replacements. Recently I found out my pet cat chewed through the wire on the recent power cable, so i bought a new, longer cable. Much to my dismay, the tablet wouldn't light up, and so I suspected the new cable might have been faulty. As I jiggled the cable around, the tablet started blinking. I believe it wasn't the cable that was at fault, but it was the socket. The plug wiggles around quite loosely in the receptacle, and currently I have to tape the cable to the tablet where it puts slight upward pressure on the socket. It works, but unfortunately, the lights wink out if I "Thump" the tablet as I'm erasing, or if I accidentally move the tablet or the cable.

It's pretty annoying.

I have considered using contact paste, you know? the stuff they put IC into sockets with, but I can't see any way to open the tablet up to replace the socket. I see online that a replacement can be bought online for a little over $50.00, but I believe why toss something away when it still works? Any suggestions on how to repair this valuable piece of artistic equipment would be greatly appreciated.

"Peace."