Emergency! I have my MBP opened up and I broke a connector

http://s1.guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/2kj4rQNElK3Nls2Y.huge

I was following that guide, and I broke off the little tiny black connector from the logic board. I thought I was supposed to get the bottom of the whole thing!

Is the material that is used to attach, just regular soldering iron? Thanks!

 

there are 7 tiny back connectors highlighted in that picture. which one are you talking about?

 

you have to be very careful soldering onto a board like that... its EXTREMELY easy to ruin the board with heat...

all those plugs come on and off very easily.. should be little force required... you had to have done a lot of work to break it off. If you could take a picture of your actual connector, we might be able to advise you more... but its kinda difficult without seeing it.

 

+1 for which one? Most likely it should be regular soldering material, but will probably be pretty difficult to DIY. You'll need a fairly precision soldering iron, a Cold Heat iron won't get it done

 

The top left one.

I was actually using my screwdriver as a spudger, and pulled it up, thinking it was just like other ones. Little did I know, it's actually a socket. I didn't know it was a socket till way later.

Just going to tape it up, and cross my fingers. Haha.

 

Next time invest $3 into some proper tools.

 

Honestly I would try to find someone with SMT soldering experience. I know where I work some of the techs can solder 0402 and 0805 smt parts but it takes a lot of skill (under a microscope and the like). You really shouldn't learn these skills on something you can potentially ruin. Just out of curiosity why were you essentially dissembling your macbook when most of the replaceable parts are easily accessible?

 

It wasn't the tools. Even if I had a spudger, I would've picked at the same place. Once I realized that what I did was actually remove the connector, I popped out the other ones easily.

By the way, a ton of thermal paste on my MBP.

 

New post because it's a separate thing.

I put it back together, it's running well. I used to get 50 degrees while running firefox, but now it's only 40 degrees.

The problem now is that somehow, my fan stays on constantly at 6000rpm which is the maximum. I've tried using smcFancontrol, but it won't budge. Is there something else I can use?

Used the settings here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=468416

Seems like it wants to hit the max all the time.

 

well if the fans are stuck at 6000... thats probably why its cooler.

if its detecting something with the fans wrong.. or the plug is not completely correct... it can be running them max speed by default... if thats the case you need to actually fix your connector.

 

If you are in the Portland, OR area, I'll solder it for a 6-Pack of IPA (To be consumed after soldering of course).

Something is very wrong if your fans spin that high all the time now though... I just cranked my Mac Pro (the tower) up to the max (2900), and it's finally the loudest thing in my room.

6000 is way too high.