Combo Drive ribbon cable connector

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Combo Drive ribbon cable connector

While upgrading my HDD on the Intel Mini I somehow broke the connector for the ribbon cable on the Combo Drive. There is a brown plastic clip that holds the ribbon cable in the connector, which cracked and fell off. Is there any way to fix this? The Combo Drive no longer works. The good news is that the new HDD works fine (awesome restore from Time Machine!) and I hardly ever use the combo drive. Any guesstimates on what the local Apple repair center will charge to fix this? Is it possible to buy the needed parts directly from Apple?
Thanks!

Intel Mini, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Dec 27, 2008 4:12 PM

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Apheria

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Dec 28, 2008 10:56 PM in response to Still_Ill

Ahh, I recently did the same thing on my mini when I was upgrading the RAM, the connector really ***** doesn't it? I went to the local Mac store and ordered the replacement board (that has the connector on it) for $30 (from Apple) without installation. When you go to the Mac store, tell them that the connector for the ribbon cable (they should know which one) fell off and if you can order a new one. Hope this helps.

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Still_Ill Author

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Dec 30, 2008 11:50 AM in response to Apheria

Thank You! I figured it would be something like that and am relieved that the board is only $30.
On a related note, the bios clock battery seems to have disconnected while I was in there. Is there an obvious wire that I should be looking for?

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