OleLila
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So after ALOT of work as my last action on a working 180c, I replaced the hinge covers closed the top and walked 20 feet inside, plugged in and got a white screen only. I had pinched the LCD cable with the hinge cover then ripped it when I closed. I'm not counting on finding a replacement cable but is it possible to splice this cable from part A to part C?
The back of the LCD does have some wiggle room for small connectors. I'm considering an 18 conductor molex cable (https://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=WM11388-nd) with connectors (https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/molex/5034801800/WM11113CT-ND/5171269) on the back of the LCD through the hinge and into the bottom of the computer. I think I can work on the wide cables above and below the red dashed lines and I need new cable going through the hinge. Maybe a thin plastic sheet with the cable epoxied to it then using a conductive pin to draw the connections between the old cable and new connectors?
This molex cable calculates out to 9 mm in width with 18 conductors as compared with the original that is 11 mm wide with 18 conductors. Is this molex cable flexible enough? Is there a 18 conductor circuit board that will widen from the narrow connection to something I can work on? Still not sure of the best way to get from the molex connectors to the wide top and bottoms of original connectors.