I was putting everything back together after tightening the hinges of my laptop where when I was trying to plug in the iSight cable, it actually detached the port from the mother board, could I still attach it? Or am I screwed?
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I can't be 100% sure from the pictures, but it appears that five of the six circuit board traces the connector is soldered to got ripped off the board along with the connector. As such, the repair becomes significantly more difficult. It is repairable, but is going to take someone with some serious soldering skills to fix it. The pads will have to be restored and the part resoldered onto the replacement pads.
I'm not enough of a board repair expert to be able to tell you how to do that, I'm afraid. I would think you'll have to scrape the conformal coating off the ends of the traces that were broken, then connect them to some sort of replacement. Hopefully some of our repair technicians can offer you ideas on fixing those if you're looking to do it yourself.
Otherwise, a good board repair company should be able to fix you up.
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@elusiveop just like my esteemed colleague already said, it is possible to fix but it'll depend on your skills. If you know how to solder and have the tools, it could be accomplished with a couple of jumpers etc. If not, (sorry, now is not the time to learn how to solder on a board) your best bet would be a board repair company like https://www.ifixit.com/Business/29688/TC... or others. Post a close up image of the damage on your board.
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I was able to turn the computer on, wifi and Bluetooth still works, but laptop is super buggy now, already tried to restart multiple times but it’s still buggy
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