Mike Richardson
Banned
It always starts off simple enough - replace the DC board, replace the hard drive.
Of course, Apple used super glue or some kind of illegal strength epoxy to affix the speaker cable into the speaker cable port, and of course, in my attempt to remove it, the port half-ripped off.
If you look really closely at the picture, it almost looks like the traces lifted up with the pads! That picture was taken with my really old camera in macro mode, I will have to try my new camera to see if it can give any more clarity.
The left speaker works - it's playing an internet radio station right now (it's still disassembled). If I press down on the top of the plug (completing the connection somewhere), both speakers work.
I figure I have two options:
Option 1: Press down on top of the plug really hard, then put a dab of some kind of glue over the pads. This will keep everything pressed down well enough so the speakers keep working.
Possible Issue: What if the glue dries, I let up off the plug, and the connection fails. Then I am screwed.
Possible Issue: What kind of glue? Is super glue OK? Even if super glue is OK, is there something better I could use?
Option 2: Perform some kind of soldering work.
Possible Issue: It looks like the traces lifted up with the pads! What would I be soldering exactly?
I need some advice here. I need to get this iBook put back together ASAP.