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My daughter-in-law has a HP laptop computer. The AC power adapter plug
where it plugs into the computer (the little round male plug) has come
loose from the wires. I took it to MicroCenter and asked if they could
put a new plug on it for me. They told me no and said I would need to
buy a whole new AC adapter which is $79.99. so expensive.

Is your laptop battery dead?
Is the runtime not long enough to get you through the day?
Do you carry one of those huge external battery packs?

The first step in repairing any laptop or notebook is troubleshooting
the problem accurately. For example, some people will run out and buy a
new battery on the assumption it’s failed when the problem is a frayed
wire or a bad connector on the power cord, something that can be fixed
with a little solder or electric tape. Likewise, a “dead” LCD screen
could be a mainboard or video ac power adapter failure, a bad inverter or a burnt out backlight. When the LCD itself
needs replacing, it will probably be due to a physical crack in the
glass or blocks of dead pixels. If your CD or DVD drive won’t work
anymore, make sure you’ve tried a selection of discs and try a cleaner
kit before replacing the drive, and always double-check the connection
before discarding the old drive. About the only problems that will
identify themselves as imminent failures are increasingly loud hard
drives or steadily decreasing bat read more »

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