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I recently spilled beer on my laptop (Early 2013 15’ Macbook Pro Retina), resulting in some corrosion on the connection between the logic board and the top case/keyboard. I soaked it in iso alcohol and removed the corrosion with a fine brush. After putting it together, it works fine (as far as I can tell)! Unfortunately, when re-assembling the laptop, I broke the retaining flap on the right fan ZIF socket. For reference, it’s the socket shown here: https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/ig… The socket is still intact, and the cable fits in it, but I think without the plastic latch/flap the cable won’t engage. I put some electrical tape under the cable to hold it parallel but that doesn’t help it engage with the socket. I ran the apple hardware diagnostic tool (startup while holding the ‘D’ key) and it gave me this error - 4MOT/4/40000002 - Right-Side-0. It seems like the laptop can’t recognize the right fan without the socket being locked down. Is there any way to fix just the flap? Or the ZIF socket? I have some experience doing SMD soldering so it’s not out of the realm of possibility to replace the socket itself if I can find the part.
Cam Bennett, the connector is a FF14A-5C-R11DL-B-3H. It is available at places like this and many others. The only proper way to fix this would be to replace the connector.
How did you fixed this? Same problem here
