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- If you can see the gap, I can actually move the connector around with a screwdriver with very minimal force.
- Because of how loose the connector is, I do not think it is useable. I have it almost sideways here.
- This is the fun part where I go crazy with a pair of snips... unleashing untold fury upon the motherboard of doom (pretty much a
- Rage spent, I clean up with the ol' shop vac.
- Let us take a moment to review our handywork.
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- Using the trusty soldering iron, I secure the remainder of the leads in place, adding excessive amounts of solder for later.
- One mutilated ac/dc adapter suitable for this laptop... check.
- I know a lot of you have been wondering for years that very important question... does Squegie tin his wires? The answer of co
- The picture showing the wires being placed in the laptop came out pretty horrible. I'll put them up here later for reference.
- Here you can see the wire and pins from the inside of the case.
- Here I took the soldering iron and swished the white plastic around with the blue plastic, melding them together forever.
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- During all this, I had somehow disconnected the 3.5" floppy. This cable connects underneath where the ram is. That's a 12
- The computer was put together in reverse order it was taken apart. Here, we see the half-assembled computer turning on, proof t