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The top case on my black first generation Macbook has a small crack in it. The crack is located along the left side beside the keyboard and above all the ports. I could hear something rattling around inside so I took the top case apart. I've done this before with a friends when she spilt something inside. Just to make sure I printed off step by step instruction guide. Everything went fine until I was reconnecting the ribbon cable. My cat jumped on the table caused my hand to twitch and break 4 metal pins out of the ribbon connector. I tried reassembling the top case with the connectors loose but barely making contact. Now only the power button works. I was really upset to learn that I probably could have got the top case warrantied by Apple had I no touched it and broke it. So now I assume I'm on my own to buy a top case. Is the ribbon connector for sale anywhere separately? If I buy a top case, does it have to be the same "rev. a" keyboard layout? Or is there any chance that apple will replace the top case anyways because wether I damaged the ribbon or not, the top case is still cracked and would have eventually allowed something to fall inside and damage the computer anyways?