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A power supply has such a loose hold that the slightest touch causes a disconnect.
This is where the plugs connect to the brick.
Can anything at all be done to tighten up the connection?
Make the connection and then apply glue to the cord and brick.
You could also make the connection and then tape the cord to the brick.
The idea is to prevent the cord from moving where it connects to the brick.
I think I would try the tape first.
What the heck is brick?
Did you mean the part where the power cord connects to the PSU in the back of the PC?
How exactly is it loose? Is the cord not firmly going in and stay in its invert connector or the connector part inside the PSU is loose?
If it is the former, I would try to tighten the connection by wrapping a little electric tape around the tip of the cord.
Hah! You might be right, after all, I don't use a crystal ball nor have psychic powers, but perhaps, I should go with the "it was too early and the coffee hadn't kicked in yet!"?
Essentially, my answer would be the same but with a laptop, replacing the DC connector inside the laptop would be not only applicable but also much better than any mickey mouse fix.
I'll leave it up to you and others to beat the make/model info out of him and post a related YT video link on how to replace that part, provided it was not a soldered type.
Sorry for the unprofessional use of the word "brick" for the box like part.
The loose one is one of the two that plug into this, not the end that plugs into the laptop,
I wouldn't fool around. You can replace it for $30 or less.
Fooling around hasn't helped...seems that the connection needs to be at a certain angle.
Anyway, the laptop is "100" years old and, you know how it goes...as soon as I spend any money on it, it'll s..the bed.
I have one left over from an other defunct one. I'll see if it fits.
Edited to add....not looking like a possibility....two extras are from HPs...this is a Dell.
Connections look the same but that "brick"...... is totally different.
Guess I'll just do what has been working most of the time...setting it where it seldom gets nudged.
Battery died long ago, so it's a stationary unit, always plugged in.
Duct tape is always the answer if something is loose that's supposed to be tight.
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... is totally different.
