On Monday 26 February 2007 16:19, James Lance wrote: > I'm looking for some one who is really comfortable with soldering small > items. I was doing a hard drive replacement on an ibook, and the power > switch plug on the mainboard came off. The repair itself looks fairly > straight forward aside from the size. The two leads are very close > together and are quite small. > > So I'm looking for someone who can give me a hand, or some place local that > specializes at that sort of thing. > > I've attached an image, it is a little fuzzy, but should give a general > idea of what I'm talking about. The item is just a little larger than a > jumper. >
If you want a professional to do it, there is a prototype shop in Orem, west of Orem Businesspark (Geneva and Univ. Parkway) that will do it. I've had them exchange smt parts on motherboards for me a few times. I'll try and remember their name. If you call in advance, you can probably get them to squeeze you in and charge you for only 1/2 hour of work ($20 bucks maybe). It'll probably take one of their techs under a minute--meanwhile they're nice guys and will probably give you a tour of their shop. From the photo, however, it looks like a simple enough fix that any decent amateur with a good soldering gun could manage. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
