Acer Aspire 3 A315 Power Jack Replacement

First, remove the 2 screws that hold the hard drive cover and the RAM cover. Remove the covers.

Next, carefully pick up the hard drive and disconnect the SATA cable at the top of it (the only cable connected to it).

Then, remove the 2 screws next to where the hard drive sat.

Remove the 15 screws that are marked.

Then, carefully use your fingers (or the plastic pry tool) to pick the cover up off the main frame of the laptop. It is plastic, so be careful.

Be very careful when removing the main cover, the SATA cable is wrapped around part of the cover and will need to be un wrapped before fully removing the cover.

Here is where the power jack is located. Remove the screw(s) on the latch and flip the latch up. The power jack should be loose now

Make your way to the connector. There is a little tab on the removable side. Push it so that the connector slides out.

From here, install the new power jack and reinstall everything in reverse order.