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Originally Posted by Ian Robinson
Can't be that expensive to take the cover off, undo a screw or two, unsolder some connections, drop in a new CF socket , and reverse the process.
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Sorry, had to laugh, ever tried to desolder a rigid item with 50pins before?
My bet is that they would just order a new populated PCB and drop it in, quicker and therefore cheaper.
It's almost impossible to desolder connectors without damaging something.
Best thing is usually to try, very carefully, cutting each pin on the connector one-by-one and then desolder the leftovers of the pins individually... a very time consuming process.
Very carefully because modern electronics have fragile multilayer circuit boards (Nokia phones frequently have 8 layers of copper), any excessive machanical stress on the pins can break the fragile inner-layer connections to the PTH(plated thru-hole).