[dorkbotdc-blabber] Soldering tiny connectors

[Alden Hart]

Also, In a situation like this see if you can get some help - a real, 
human third hand - to hold down the contact to the board using a dental 
tool or some other fine-pointed tool. Positioning and holding the part 
is half the battle.

Alden


Justin Sabe wrote:
> You only need to tack one down and the second one will be resting on
> the pad making contact anyway. clear your mind and take a deep breath
> before you start.
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Rob Carlson<rob at vees.net> wrote:
>   
>> 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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