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  • I learned something from you today John, not mentioned in your video. To date I've purchased all my A1181 case bottoms with defective motherboards and the speakers etc... still present. It seems that once many people remove the LCD, along with it's …
  • The vast majority of the audio circuitry is on the bottom of the board. Some of the discreet components are within the RAM slot located right behind the Airport slot. The Codec chip is located right under that area, it will be labeled with a U and s…
  • I am not familiar with your board and don't have one sitting here. It is possible if you change the bottom case. You may have to change a few other parts too. The 2.4GHz uses a 3 wall backlight/inverter connecter. If the one on your board is a 4 wa…
  • @nelsonhouse with the magsafe flickering, there is a power issue there. Resetting the SMC from the pads on the board will buy you nothing unless the keyboard/upper case and/or a USB channel is bad = Apple emulates keyboard functions through USB. I s…
  • I live in the US and do this kind of work. Any place that has a fine tip soldering iron and good optics, preferably a stereo microscope (knows how to properly use them both) can solder this in, without difficulty. The fuse can be acquired from: http…
  • From reading what you have written, I am not sure if you reattached a chip that had a bad solder joint or put solder to connect the ends of the fuse to bypass it. If you reattached it because of a bad solder joint then you are good to go. Bypassing …