2011 mobo fan connecter broken

[sean barry]

I recently purchased a 2011 mini. I upgraded the drives to 240 SSD and 1TB HDD, RAM to 8GB.

The last step is to install the fan and plug it into motherboard. I have done several of these operations, some frustrating but all working fine.

As I gently but firmly pressed the fan connecter into/onto the mobo connecter the top of the connecter popped of said mobo and remained fastened to the fan connecter

Can this be reattached? Or am I, in technical terms, screwed? I have it sitting on a whisper fan and it works fine, looks like total crap and renders the mini with very little resale value.

 

[saulinpa]

There are a couple of places that do Apple logic board repairs. Call some of them for an estimate to re-attach. Laptop repair places would also be able to handle it. Some vendors you can find on eBay. Or http://www.powerbookmedic.com

 

[sean barry]

Thanks Mr. saulinpa. I'll check it out. I probably could have done this 10-15 years ago but I'm old and my hands shake