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[dragos240]

Hello

Whilst taking apart my laptop to apply some new thermal paste, I ended up breaking a connector of some sort. I'm posting two images of said piece with a US Penny for size comparison.

Images: http://imgur.com/a/BtUdk

Thanks in advance,
Dragos240

 

[nna2]

Hello

Whilst taking apart my laptop to apply some new thermal paste, I ended up breaking a connector of some sort. I'm posting two images of said piece with a US Penny for size comparison.

Images: http://imgur.com/a/BtUdk

Thanks in advance,
Dragos240

fan header
buy a new pwm controlled fan of the same size and you should be fine

 

[hairystuff]

looks like an interconnector for a fan or a button panel.

 

[dragos240]

Any places I could find one of these at? I'm trying to find the connector itself.

EDIT: http://www.usdigital.com/products/cables-connectors/cables/4-pin/ca-mic4-w4-nc
This may be it. But I cannot confirm it is the same size.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

There are a fair few of those connectors in a laptop (I own a laptop repair company)

Show us a picture of WHERE it was connected and the model of your lappy and I will tell you what it is....

All the best Brett

 

[dragos240]

Hi

There are a fair few of those connectors in a laptop (I own a laptop repair company)

Show us a picture of WHERE it was connected and the model of your lappy and I will tell you what it is....

All the best Brett

I will get back to you tomorrow when I have access to the laptop.

 

[dragos240]

Hi

There are a fair few of those connectors in a laptop (I own a laptop repair company)

Show us a picture of WHERE it was connected and the model of your lappy and I will tell you what it is....

All the best Brett

http://imgur.com/a/bFHhC

Those are the locations of the connectors with a zoomed out picture for each connector for a general idea of where they are. This is on a Toshiba X205-SLi6 laptop.

Thanks in advance,
Dragos240

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Not got a macro mode on your camera lol...those are awful pics....

Take some better pics and tell me which you think is the broken one ?

All the best Brett

 

[dragos240]

Hi

Not got a macro mode on your camera lol...those are awful pics....

Take some better pics and tell me which you think is the broken one ?

All the best Brett

Nope. My phone does not have a macro mode. Though my tablet does, I will take them again tomorrow. However you should be able to make out where they are located at least. Can you try maybe? The two spots I took pictures of have the same connector type.

Thanks,
Dragos240

 

[Brett928S2]

Nope. My phone does not have a macro mode. Though my tablet does, I will take them again tomorrow. However you should be able to make out where they are located at least. Can you try maybe? The two spots I took pictures of have the same connector type.

Thanks,
Dragos240

Hi

Get me some decent pics and a full view as well...and you didnt answer which you "think" you broke ?


All the best Brett

 

[gary1]

I can see where you broke it just fine. You somehow managed pull the header off of the wires..

Did you try just reinserting the pins?

 

[dragos240]

I can see where you broke it just fine. You somehow managed pull the header off of the wires..

Did you try just reinserting the pins?

I did. It's tricky to get them to go in without a very steady hand, but I can try again. Brett, I will get those pictures to you tomorrow. And as Gary said, I pulled the connector off the wires. The story is that I could not get the header separated from the motherboard and ended up pulling the wires out instead. I actually needed to take tweezers and get the connector out of the socket it was in. It almost seemed like it was glued it for some reason.

Thanks,
Dragos240

 

[dragos240]

http://imgur.com/a/bh5Yf

Hopefully this is more clear. I've included 5 images. The first being the entire motherboard. The rest is similar to the last album, it's the two areas zoomed in and 2 images slightly zoomed out to give you an idea of where they are located.

Thanks,
Dragos240

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Looking closely at that....have you pulled out TWO lots of pins ?

All the best Brett

 

[dragos240]

Hi

Looking closely at that....have you pulled out TWO lots of pins ?

All the best Brett

I haven't pulled out any pins. Two identical connectors, yes. Those wires you see go into the connector and then into the motherboard. I'm trying to find the connector type and buy 2 of them. Again, the model of laptop is a Toshiba Satellite X205-SLi6.

Thanks,
Dragos240

 

[dragos240]

Brett. Do you think you could identify this part?

Thanks,
Dragos240

 

[dragos240]

Can anyone at least point me in some direction please?

Thanks,
Dragos240

 

[sk1939]

Hello

Whilst taking apart my laptop to apply some new thermal paste, I ended up breaking a connector of some sort. I'm posting two images of said piece with a US Penny for size comparison.

Images: http://imgur.com/a/BtUdk

Thanks in advance,
Dragos240

From the looks of it, it appears that the leads that are missing the header connection are not for a fan, rather, they are for the speakers. The fan leads appear to still have their connector, so unless you broke THAT off of the motherboard, the fan should function just fine.

Click here to see what I'm talking about.

 

[dragos240]

I would really appreciate if someone could tell me what part those have in common. I need to order a replacement connector for the wires to fit in so I can reconnect them to the laptop.

Thanks in advance,
Dragos240

 

[dragos240]

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