Replacing USB ports on MacBook Pro

Replacing USB ports on MacBook Pro

I had two cords plugged into my Macbook Pro's USB ports. It was lifted sideways, causing the cords to bend the ports. Both now only work if I push a cord down, which I assume is pushing the port's pins back into the logic board. So I'm assuming they need to be soldered back into place, or possibly replaced. Has anyone done this repair? I just got this Macbook fixed, and now with these ports broken it really sucks. I have a spare logic board from a 2009 model (display circuit is fried) that I could take ports from, and possibly practice the repair on.

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bert [Entry]

Get you a few old junk boards and just go to town on them pulling stuff on and off you really need some through-the-hole boards cause that is what you will be working on in reference to the usb. Personally? I think your usb's are lifting from the pins inside and not the board which means they will have to be de soldered , using a solder wick on MBP motherboards for through the hole is not easy I use a desolder gun , but you may be able to get away with pushing back into place and solder the other side.