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G4 iBook reassemble, broke power piece off logic board
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<blockquote data-quote="bigneilt" data-source="post: 808518" data-attributes="member: 82172"><p><strong>it's not easy</strong></p><p></p><p>The power connector sits on top of the board, so you can not see what you are soldering. You have to heat up the 2 very, very tiny points on the board and heat up the rear of the connector plug and then place them together and hope that they bond together!</p><p></p><p>The 2 points on the board are like an 1/8 of an inch apart! how do you keep from bridging the areas together I don't know. </p><p></p><p>This is not an easy task!</p><p></p><p>update: by the way, my board still looks the same, and I have not worked on it since. I was able to plug the adapter</p><p>in and see that it was charging. But as you can see, the 2 pins where the power connector are to be soldered to are worn</p><p>down really bad and I was not able to jump the board by using a screwdriver. I'm thinking that board is not dead or</p><p>shorted out because I doubt it would even take the charge and finish charging like it did. </p><p></p><p>Maybe I'll bring it to one of these TV repairmen and see what he can do!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigneilt, post: 808518, member: 82172"] [b]it's not easy[/b] The power connector sits on top of the board, so you can not see what you are soldering. You have to heat up the 2 very, very tiny points on the board and heat up the rear of the connector plug and then place them together and hope that they bond together! The 2 points on the board are like an 1/8 of an inch apart! how do you keep from bridging the areas together I don't know. This is not an easy task! update: by the way, my board still looks the same, and I have not worked on it since. I was able to plug the adapter in and see that it was charging. But as you can see, the 2 pins where the power connector are to be soldered to are worn down really bad and I was not able to jump the board by using a screwdriver. I'm thinking that board is not dead or shorted out because I doubt it would even take the charge and finish charging like it did. Maybe I'll bring it to one of these TV repairmen and see what he can do! [/QUOTE]
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