How Repair Loose Battery Power Port?

The power port on my daughter's 12" G4 Al PowerBook is either loose or bent. She has tested the power adapter on other computers and it works. Definitely the port is loose or bent internally rather than the adapter. She has to hold the adapter against the computer to get it to connect to charge.
Is it possible to open the laptop so as to reach the internal port's location and see if it can be repaired?
If so, how open it with what tools?
Don't mess with it and just take it to an Apple Store? It's not under warranty any longer. 3 years old.
Other procedure?
Thanks

Richard -
If you signed up for Applecare, they might take care of it. If not, check out iFixit.
http://www.ifixit.com/cart/catalog/
They'll let you know what the part's in stock ( you're looking for the DC-in board, by the way ) and they have very discernable photographic repair manuals.
Be forewarned though, this isn't an amazingly easy fix. While it's just a matter of swapping out the DC card, there are plenty of things that can go wrong on the way to it. However, if you have some basic practice with electronics and computers, it's nothing you can't handle. Just be carefull when you remove the keyboard, it's easy to break the ribbon wire.
best of luck.
C.

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