![]() Just a little background - I'm an electrical engineer and work on surface mount electronics almost everyday. It's actually cheapest at Newark, but they only have 56 left and it doesn't look like they'll be restocking. Digikey still has a stocked compatible part, it's just more expensive. It always worked great, but they don't stock it any more. At home, I use a Weller WES51 with an ETU tip.Īs for connectors, I used to buy this one for fixing 27" iMacs. I wouldn't recommended a non-temperature controlled iron for surface mount work. I nice thin conical tip and lots of paste flux are a big help, as is the thinnest leaded solder you can find (don't use lead-free, it will just make everything more difficult). Now you're ready to solder the new connector. I like to clean all of the burnt flux off of the the pads/board at this point with 91% isopropyl, but it's not necessary. After all of the pins are removed, use solder wick to remove all of the remaining solder from the pads. Use tweezers to lift the pins that are still attached to the board after heating the pad with your iron. This is the easier repair, but you'll want to buy a new connector. ![]() Anyways, DTT seems to offer it directly for $195. Writing this post on my fixed iMacĮdit - On a side note, galaxyhp seems to have upped their price from $198 to $238 now, strange. Thanks for all the help from everyone in the thread (and especially to Johnf1285 for answering all my annoying questions, and madkeys for finding a shop that can actually do the repair). They hooked the LCD back up and even cleaned under the glass, just like new. ![]() I still went through galaxyhp so they would get their commission since I didn't know about the shop, but if you want to go straight to the source: ![]() Dropped it off on a Saturday, it was ready on Monday. I happen to live about 25 min from there, so I drove it in (seriously, what are the chances). It so happens they don't do the repair themselves, they send it to a repair shop in Fremont, CA. I ended up going through galaxyhp for the repair since I wussed out. Just to follow up (since it annoys me when people never follow up). ![]()
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