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Zephyr Power Modification successfully completed
As of the 1st in January, after an attempt to fix the power connector in my older laptop (Zephyr), the entire thing could no longer be plugged in power and be charged - as I called it "the Critical State" - a state where the laptop itself is still usable, but for a limited amount of time (whenever the battery runs out on it). Bummer, considering that this laptop contained all my data.

Today, from around 7:30pm till 10:00pm I was at my brother's home where he modded the dangling, broken power connector into something a bit less appealing, but 100% working:

In this modification, the power connector at the laptop's end was completely taken off and two wires - black and yellow - replaced it, soldered into a different connector from one of the elements in the desktop PC. Also, a small adapting module was made out of spare parts and a broken motherboard to adapt the white power connector to the power adapter's plug format. The power adapter was left untouched thanks to that.

As can be seen, the look isn't that appealing to the eye anymore, and requires a bit more caution when handling the laptop, but at least right now, this modification gives me a steady connection to electricity and a steady charge. After all this time I spent, having to bend the power cord so the connector sits in a right position, this is a very positive change. Hope that it holds for long enough. :]

Many thanks to Dolphin (my bro) for bringing the laptop back to life.