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TIL a trick for stubborn ribbon cables from a 3 year old laptop repair in Omaha
Last week, I finally got a client's ancient laptop to boot by gently cleaning the ZIF connector pins with a pink eraser, after three tries with isopropyl alcohol just smeared the corrosion around.
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ruby_lane6d ago
Sometimes the simple fix is the right one.
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sagea885d ago
Is that kind of corrosion even a common problem on those connectors? I've opened a lot of old laptops and usually the ribbon cable itself fails or the plastic latch breaks. Using an eraser seems like a last ditch thing for a machine that's probably not worth the time anyway.
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