I'm thinking tomorrow to cut the wires from the connector and just solder the wires directly to the 2 tabs. I managed to start it with the connector, but it starts on its own without pressing the power button. This went all wrong -the solder was one big pile that spread over both pads and had no control over it. so then i tried using some solder, i thought i could build up the pads a little and then heat he pads and press down with the plug connector. I tried just heating the pads and heating the bottom of the connector and then pressing it together and um. So then I broke it free, scraped off some glue, and then tried soldering. First I thought I could save time and make life easier if I just superglued the connector plug on to the pads - and I did a great job too - until I realized that the computer wouldn't start when I pressed the power button. Well, i attempted to solder and made a complete mess. would they work on it if i brought it down there? if not, would best buy do it or something? if still nothing, is there some genius on the board that knows how these things work and could fix this for me? any help would be great, as id like to get this thing put back together. There is an apple store in kansas city, but this iBook is no longer covered on any kind of applecare.
i dont have the means or the knowledge to do this.
so what now? im fairly sure this will probably need to be replaced and resoldered to the logic board. i pulled up on it just slightly, and didnt realize i broke it until the reassembly. apparently when i was disassembling the iBook (which was quite the task) i broke a piece that connects the power button to the logic board.įollow this link to. i was installing a new hard drive in my brothers 12 inch, 1.33 GHz G4 iBook.