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Old 12-04-2008, 02:18 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Broken power pin on my motherboard

tip: 22 guage solid copper wire ;)

If putting it in the holder doesn't work, if you're REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY good and know what you're doing, you MIGHT be able to replace the pin by unsoldering the joint and soldering a piece of wire in it's place.

OR if only 2 REALLY's describe you, you could try soldering wire onto the solder joint (on the back of mobo), cover the solder joint with tape, tape, and more tape (so the solder bulb wont short out to the case) and attach an extention to the one pin left (or solder to it's joint too) and make your own switch socket.
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