[astaccz]

I have a VER-001 mobo with broken 4 pin connector on the mobo. The 4 pin connector that broke led to the front of power supply I think it gave juice to eject and power buttons. I was gong to give a try and solder it back but the metal traces the connector sat on are gone so i cant.

I want to know is there another way I can give power to it. I see 4 pads near the connector that broke but idk if I can use them. Also directly under the power and eject buttons on the other side of mobo I see 2 points directly under each button. I want to know if that can be used. If not are there some other ways. Thanks for looking guys.

[KillerBug]

Can you supply some pics? If you are describing the wires I think you are, they do a lot more than just controlling the buttons. If the pads have come up completely, you have to trace the traces back to some point that you can solder to, then just solder in 4 wires and splice them into the cable you currently have.

[astaccz]

Here goes the pic. On the left where i circled thats where the the 4 pin connector broke off. The 4 black rectangular squares are where the metal pads were but no there anymore.

[KillerBug]

Yeah...you need that connector for sure. Get out the magnifying glass and follow the traces until you find some place to solder to.

[Stubbly]

That connector is the 5v line from the power supply. Its simple to repair just cut the cable coming from the power supply and solder each wire to each of the corresponding circular pad to the left of the connector. One cable will not have a pad but it is simply tied to ground so solder it to any ground point or scratch away the lacquer and solder to the copper underneath.

[Dev-Dave]

Use a very low voltage continuity tester to confirm before connecting and applying power.

[monu1232009]

please help me i have cech 2501b ps3 with broken 4 pin psu connector . plaese tell me about trace points of 2 right most pins .

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by monu1232009 plaese tell me about trace points of 2 right most pins .

not 100% sure about your model but from the devwiki page it tells me this:

pin 1 : 5V (ps3 switch on) <---
pin 2 : Ground --->
pin 3 : Ground ---->
pin 4 : +5V --->

so pin 2 and 3 should be connected on the mainboard
and pin 4 the 5V should be easy, big traces on the mainboard
pin 1 however can be a pain in the ass.

without pin 1 your ps3 should go in standby.

[monu1232009]

but i though 2nd is not ground as i checked it with continuty tester.and plaese plaese plaese show me if some one has cech 2501a mobo psu connecter's tracing pics.

[Mr.Dutch]

Originally Posted by monu1232009 but i though 2nd is not ground as i checked it with continuty tester.

the fat uses 5 pins and there it is
1 sw on
2 ground
3 ground
4 +5V
5 +5V

if you forget about pin 5 then it's actually the same..

the info i gave you was from the APS-240 , you should probably have the APS-270 or the EADP-200DB?

if you would have a multimeter you could have checked voltage from psu.