Have to rotate power plug to charge

This is a weird one. Recently my Thinkpad power plug stopped charging unless I rotated it at a certain angle. I just rotate it clockwise until I get the *beep* programmed in that tells me from ThinkVantage it's charging. Now I want to permenently fix this. Is this a power plug problem or a internal motherboard/mainboard problem? I'm really hoping it's the first one since it's relatively easy and cheap to replace. Thanks.
--Will

the thinkpad's power plug receptor can be removed by unscrewing couple of screw and remove a wire clip, you don't need to solder. Here the manual shows you how to do it.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-67980.html
Regards,
Jin Li
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