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How to fix a broken keyboard connector base?

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get a new motherboard or a new laptop as you pulled all the pads off the board when you pried that connector off. the pads were attached to the copper traces of the board. I've done pad repairs such as those but I was trained to do that.
get a new motherboard or a new laptop as you pulled all the pads off the board when you pried that connector off. the pads were attached to the copper traces of the board. I've done pad repairs such as those but I was trained to do that.
 
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