Re: [NTLK] fixing broken dongle port

From: Robert Benschop (rbenschop_at_mac.com)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2001 - 03:08:53 EST


on 26-11-2001 7:58, Ed Kummel at tech_ed_at_yahoo.com wrote:

> There is NO physical connection holding the plug onto the MB
> other than the solder holding the pins to the MB.
> There are two plastic "bumps" that fit into holes on
> the MB, that aleviate lateral stress, BUT!!!! if your
> dongle port is pushed in, then I would venture to
> guess that those plastic bumps have been sheered and
> are now rounded to the point where they will no longer
> function as planned. This is the main reason why
> resoldering will not permantly fix the broken dongle.

Well that explains why so many people have had problems with the
interconnect port, bad engineering on Apple's part.... :-(

Robert Benschop

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