Thinkpads Forum

Today, all my ducks were in order: Guaranteed to fit 600X 500Mhz cpu, new 600x fan and heat sink, Arctic 5, downloaded and handwritten instructions and advice from Thinkpads.com., PLeap on and ready to go, hex. config. correction memorized, great workplace for my project, etc, etc........Then I actually started to upgrade my 600E 2645-4AU.

Whether I pried too hard, or the connection was somewhat fragile, I do not know. (I am usually good at working on little stuff, but have been laying ceramic floor tile all summer.. ) Anyway, when I removed the cpu fan power connector (at the end of the pigtail), from its source plug on the motherboard, the white power receptacle that is on the motherboard popped off, leaving one tiny wire attached to the board!! The receptacle is not only off the motherboard, it is broken.

Can a new fan power source receptacle be put back on a motherboard with liquid solder or something?
Where can I find one of these little plugs?
Is there a workable work-around (It is a fixed power plug, I think)?
Am I doomed to buy a new motherboard?

Certainly, this has never happened to anyone else. I am chagrined.

Thanks for any advice.

Seab

Don't sweat it man, I have torn 5 LCD ribbon cables
Sh^t happens Bud, I have a bunch of junk motherboards, I may be able too salvage one off for ya, or I'll just send you the whole thing.
let me know if you want one.

DigiKey is a great source for connectors and electronics parts. Jameco is another.