[ltp] Broken USB Port R31

[Ted Frater]

Simon Royal wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just managed to damage my USB port on my R31. The one on the back.
>
> I pushed my wireless stick in too hard and it now wont pick up
> anything in the port. Luckily I am not totally scuppered as I do have
> a side port too and push comes to shove I have a USB 2 PCMCIA card.
>
> The back port is not totally broken. It seems the plastic bit has been
> pushed in. Is it possible to repair it?
>
> Simon
>
>   
Yes,
but a Thinkpad laptop  bench man's time is £50.00 per hr.
It will need a complete strip down to the bare motherboard.
Find another thinkpad motherboard, unsolder the usb  port
 Unsolder the damaged one
solder on the replacement,
reassemble.
Test.
2 to 3 hrs work. plus getting it to him and getting it back.
expensive learning curve.