[dorkbotdc-blabber] Soldering tiny connectors

[Rob Carlson]

I am replacing the hard drive in a friend's Powerbook G4.  Thanks to  
some sloppy disassembly, I managed to pull the plug for the power  
switch off the board.  The socket was stronger than the solder points  
and it just popped off.  So now I have the unenviable task of getting  
this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vees/3753406223/

Back onto these:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vees/3753405277/

which is a level of soldering ability that I don't have, both in  
equipment and my shaky hands.

I know they still work because I can put a nail head across the  
terminals and get the laptop to turn on.

Does anyone have any experience with solder points this small that  
could give me advice on what I need to do it fix it.  Seeing as the  
whole rest of the laptop works like a dream now, I'd like to get this  
fixed somehow.

--
Rob Carlson  rob at vees.net  http://vees.net/



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