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Is it possible to resoldering keyboard blacklight connector? Hi everyone, I just recently bought a macbook with a broken blacklight keyboard connector. And i thinking to let some one soldering this thing so i can get my keyboard blacklight on, and be able to use the sleep sensor on this machine. I was just wondering if there are somebody has previously did it or fix it could give me some of the experience? Would it be able to desolder the broken one and solder the new one back in? Is there any risk that i should consider( sorry i’m new to soldering stuff) Any help would be appreciated.
This is the image of the broken connector
First to de-solder the old connector, you will either need a hot air station, or you can get away with using a heat gun. If you go the heat gun method, remove the board from the laptop, cover surrounding components with kapton tape, and heat the connector until the solder/the connect melts and so you can remove it with tweezers. Then, you will need to clean the pads, and solder on a new one with flux, and a fine-tipped soldering iron. You can order new connectors off of sites like Aliexpress. It’s a hard job though! Also, the sleep sensor doesn’t have to do with that connector. The small connector beside the battery connector connects to the sleep sensor which on the cable that runs goes to the LED battery indicator.
