Well. I got the old power socket out eventually. What a bitch that was.
Came out in bits. Took about an hour to clean up the mess to get the new socket in.
Soldered the new jack in, but it doesn’t appear to be supplying power to the motherboard. Damnit.
Still, I’m now an expert on dismantling and re-assembling eee pcs…
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UPDATE: I used the “Frankenstein” EEEPC for a couple of years, running LUBUNTU. I’ve now moved on to an MSI WIND 130DX under Windows 7.