Broken Ethernet Jack on IBook?

[John]

A friend has given me her year and a half old IBook to take a look at. She
says she can't connect to the Internet and believes it's because somehow her
RJ-45 Ethernet jack has become damaged or loosened. She further says she
spoke to a technician at TekServe, a wonderful Mac sales and service store
in NYC, who told her it would probably cost about $800 to fix it. Seems
incredible to me. Is the ethernet adapter soldered to the system board and
would he entire system board need to be replaced just to fix the ethernet
jack?

What is involved in opening an iBook case. Any surprises that might pop out
and get lost. Is it feasable to open the case and take a look at the
ethernet adapter and perhaps do a tiny bit of soldering to solve the
problem?

Any thought?

Thanks.

John

[John]

Good news.

I plugged in my ethernet cable and just jiggled it a bit and was able to
connect and sustain the connection. So at least the immediate problem is
solved.

Thanks so much for all your help. I learned a bit in the process.

John
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> A friend has given me her year and a half old IBook to take a look at. She
> says she can't connect to the Internet and believes it's because somehow

her

> RJ-45 Ethernet jack has become damaged or loosened. She further says she
> spoke to a technician at TekServe, a wonderful Mac sales and service store
> in NYC, who told her it would probably cost about $800 to fix it. Seems
> incredible to me. Is the ethernet adapter soldered to the system board and
> would he entire system board need to be replaced just to fix the ethernet
> jack?
>
> What is involved in opening an iBook case. Any surprises that might pop

out

> and get lost. Is it feasable to open the case and take a look at the
> ethernet adapter and perhaps do a tiny bit of soldering to solve the
> problem?
>
> Any thought?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
>
>