Genuine protip:

Replacing through-hole parts on motherboards is exceptionally difficult. There's so much copper in a modern multilayer board that it's very difficult to get enough heat in without cooking something delicate. Even with preheat, a reflow gun and a powerful iron it can be very hard going.

Replacing broken PSU connectors is one of the most common laptop repairs and should be an easy job, but has a dismally low success rate.