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Macbook Pro A1708 (year 2017): The retention clip for the battery test board flex cable snapped off on one end while I was trying to remove the flex cable. Can this be fixed? If so, how?
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I find the easies way to fix this is to get a replacement connector and carefully removing the folding latch to then snap onto the one on the logic board.
I'll need to dig up a new source as the one I had does't have them presently. Don't feel bad everyone tends to pop them off at some point. If you are lucky you might find it, I have yet to see one break.
@dadibrokeit - Here's a source for the connector Macbook Pro 13" A1708 2016 2017 J6951 Battery Board Data FPC Socket Connector 10pins on Motherboard
You do need the cable connected for the system to run, and the cable is available as a spare.
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@danj, thanks for the assist here! Yeah, my first choice would be to replace the latch if at all possible; that would be the quickest, surest and least invasive solution.
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Lol, sorry to laugh at your predicament, but you're the second person in 24 hours with this exact same problem - on almost the same MacBook!
Rather than repeat everything I said there, Ima just give you a link to the previous post so you can take a look.
I broke the battery board data cable connector - MacBook Pro 15" Touch Bar 2017 - iFixit
Hope this helps.
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