Tech, sorry I didn't find this earlier:

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...light=teardown

The OP, cj2600, was posting every few days for a while with laptop teardown instructions. He was heavily into Toshibas, as you can see, but the procedure is similar for other brands I imagine. Check out the link to his site; several of his guides show a method for replacing the power connector. Hard to believe it's been two years already since these were done, it seems like six months ago.