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Original post by: Tim Little

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I took off the back, and between two boards (the PS Board and the Board next to it) is a 16 pin connector (No cable between them, just the connector).  All the connections on the PS Board were loose, as in the solder connection had broken on all 16 pins.  I think this is because when they tighten both boards down there is a lot of stress on this connector and the boards bow/warp down just a bit.

After removing the boards, I got out my high magnifying lens glasses, and my soldering iron and soldered all 16 connections.  When I reassembled, I made sure that there was little to no pressure on this connection, by leaving the surrounding screws a bit loose .... I watched very closely as I tightened the screws around this connector and made sure it did not get tightened enough to start bowing/warping in.

Works like a champ.

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