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sdodd91

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Jul 15, 2009
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The other day I completely tore down my PowerBook G4 12 inch 1.33 GHz to replace the inverter and to check the F1 fuse as my backlight was not working. While reassembling I put the wrong screw in the wrong hole and drove it in, the screw was too long and ended up hitting the logic board. I couldn't see damage at that point so i finished reassembling and the computer would not boot. I took the logic board back out and there was a screw shaped divot in the top of the board. I looked up a picture of the board and amazingly, i broke no traces on the top. I then turned the board over and there was a small crack on the bottom, it broke a few traces around C245 and C247. I can't seem to find a picture of the bottom of an undamaged logic board, as i want to see what the board should look like before I try to repair traces.

Here is the area on my board that is affected: http://imgur.com/aCHYo

If anyone has a logic board for a G4 12 inch lying around and can send me a picture of their board in this area it would be very helpful. I am also wondering if anyone knows if any traces run to the other side of the board here? (there is a spot of the other side of the board where a trace runs to a dead end).
 
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