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G4 iBook reassemble, broke power piece off logic board
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<blockquote data-quote="cowasaki" data-source="post: 808536" data-attributes="member: 36098"><p>The reason I said take it to someone like that is the cost. If you take it to a laptop specialist you will be looking at silly money! There are ways round this silly cost: are you a student? - does the college have an electronics course? - will the tutor do it for you if you ask nicely?</p><p></p><p>It is NOT an easy job for someone with little soldering experience but for someone who really knows what they are doing it is not that bad. Apple changed the design of the component half way through the manufacturing process and the later one is actually easier to fix as the metal contacts stick out forwards rather than under the connector.</p><p></p><p>If you tin the two contacts on the board then hold the connector over the contacts and USING A CLEAN TIP heat the connector the heat will then melt the solder on the newly tinned contacts and make a connection. This is the correct way to do it. </p><p></p><p>I see from the image that yours is the one with the contacts that go under the connector. Can these be bent forwards giving it an L shape and resembling the newer connectors design? If so this would certainly make the job simpler!</p><p></p><p>Oh and lastly: once it is fixed and tested and DEFINATELY working surround the connector on the motherboard with a nice big splodge of hot glue to give it more mechanical strength.</p><p></p><p>Most people on here are from the US so I assume you are. If you had been from the NW of the UK I would have been happy to show you how to fix it. I can imagine how frustrating this is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowasaki, post: 808536, member: 36098"] The reason I said take it to someone like that is the cost. If you take it to a laptop specialist you will be looking at silly money! There are ways round this silly cost: are you a student? - does the college have an electronics course? - will the tutor do it for you if you ask nicely? It is NOT an easy job for someone with little soldering experience but for someone who really knows what they are doing it is not that bad. Apple changed the design of the component half way through the manufacturing process and the later one is actually easier to fix as the metal contacts stick out forwards rather than under the connector. If you tin the two contacts on the board then hold the connector over the contacts and USING A CLEAN TIP heat the connector the heat will then melt the solder on the newly tinned contacts and make a connection. This is the correct way to do it. I see from the image that yours is the one with the contacts that go under the connector. Can these be bent forwards giving it an L shape and resembling the newer connectors design? If so this would certainly make the job simpler! Oh and lastly: once it is fixed and tested and DEFINATELY working surround the connector on the motherboard with a nice big splodge of hot glue to give it more mechanical strength. Most people on here are from the US so I assume you are. If you had been from the NW of the UK I would have been happy to show you how to fix it. I can imagine how frustrating this is. [/QUOTE]
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