At the moment, there is no play at all in the connector. It is the white one with the rainbow cable set, with I believe ten wires. And working at it feels like working at something cemented to the board.
I'm debating the feasibility of leaving the floppy drive disconnected, making a bootable Zip, and trying that. On Feb 10, 2012 12:41 PM, "Jake" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sometimes the ribbon cables (50-pin) can become stuck. Try loosening > them left-and-right...worked for me. > > On Feb 9, 7:25 pm, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 9, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Sarah Crabbleapple <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I finally got a chance to work on it this afternoon. It opened fine > and I got several of the required cables disconnected, but I can't get the > logic board cable off. It seems to be stuck somehow. Is this something that > anyone has run into before? > > > > There are several cables on the logic board. If it is the power cable > (multicolored wire terminating in a white plastic connector), it has a > latch. You press inward on it to release then pull straight out. The others > should pull straight out with only some effort. > > > > Sent from an iPhone, but is it mine? > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
