The same happened to me on my out of warranty iMac 27 when I was replacing my defective super drive with a blu-ray player, where I lost a pin on the right side, and on the left side, eight pins were pulled off along with the left most pin pulling off a pad, and part of a trace. I have not soldered anything since I was a teenager, and I definitely have no experience soldering SMT, so I watched, and studied a lot of video on YouTube. This made me want to get back to my old hobby, but I have no equipment! I ended up buying a new connector from L2 Computer Inc on eBay, Aoyue 968A+ 4 in 1 Digital Hot Air Rework Station along with a bent nozzle from SRA Soldering, solder paste from Zephyrtronics, schematics from NotebookSchematic, microscope from MicroscopeNet, and a meter from a local electronics store. When I got my equipment, I did some practice soldering on a practice board, gaining some experience on how the hot air soldering work, and how the solder reacts, figuring out the correct temperature to use. I...