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Ports
and Power Connector
Laptops are sometimes plagued by internal failure of the
physical connectors, like the modem or network port seems to
be detached within the case, making it tough to get a good
connection, or the power connector solder joint to the board
breaks.
The only way to fix these problems is to open up the
body of the laptop, determine exactly what has broken, and
do your best to restore it to the original condition, rather
than just kludging it. The problem with kludging anything in
a notebook is that the tolerances are so tight that your
kludge might fail as soon as you snap the case back
together. When soldering anything on a laptop board, use a
fine tip iron and don't gamble on overheating the board and
stripping away circuitry. Use a decent solder sucker to
quickly clean up the old solder rather than fooling around
with copper wick, and if you get the feeling you're taking
to long, just stop and let it all cool down before trying
again.
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