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I broke my hardrive connector on my vaio laptop

by Kim
(San Diego ca)

I was trying to connect a new hard drive to my vaio vgn 579 and the connector from the motherboard (plastic piece) detached staying inside the connector piece and ribbon to the sata drive. leaving four to five metal contacts sticking straight up on the board. So it seemed like I could just slide the plastic piece carefully in the sleeve. however my eyesight failed and i broke one of the sleeves. My question is. Is there a way I can solder the point back. Or should I just use a external hard drive for my primary. and How do i do so. please forgive my descriptions. I'm am in training thanx to your sight. Thank you in advance...


Kim

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Apr 10, 2010
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Hello Kim,

It is possible to desolder the broken connector and resolder a new one in place.

You have two problems that I can see:

Finding the connector

Removing the motherboard from the laptop case.

It might be easier and cheaper to see if the computer can be repaired by the manufacture vs doing it yourself.

From your discription it sounds like the connector was a surface mount not a pins through the motherboard solder joints. Not a good design for something that take pressure and weight.

Check the Laptop and then the Repair sections for how to open the case with out breaking it and how to repair a motherboard.

Hope this helps...

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