tailspin wrote:
Yeah, that'll work for getting it apart.
The connector is held down by two tiny tabs that go through the PCB and are soldered to the reverse side. Not very strong. The failure mode is that the solder fractures, and the tabs pull through the PCB.
You need to bend the connector back into place, and re-solder the tabs. I used some solder wick to remove the old (presumably lead-free) solder first, then used 60/40 leaded solder to reattach the tabs. (Leaded solder is less prone to stress fractures than lead-free.)
Hopefully the wires running into the connector from the PCB are just bent, but still intact; if they're broken, your job just got a lot harder.
Then I replaced the stock cable with one of
these, and tied the cable down so that the plug can't move.
I've got a couple of pics but they're on my camera at home (I am still at the office tonight).
Edit: I actually thought about epoxying the connector down for even more mechanical stability, but decided against it in case I ever need to remove or replace the connector entirely. I was also a little concerned about possibly getting epoxy inside the connector, which would ruin it.