flat flex cable? i'm a moron

so, im a moron, i took my aspire one laptop (AOA150-1570) apart and accidentally put pressure in the touch pad cable (to motherboard) and cut it in half -

I havent been able to find a replacement, called couple of computer repair places and guess where they told me to look at? eBay !!!1


it has 12 pins - i think, it is really hard to count them.

anyone have an idea what i can do ? i thought about soldering but i shake too much

thanks

 

Go to http://sourceitstore.com/notebooks/acer ... aspire-one and get the whole top part with the trackpad.

http://sourceitstore.com/notebooks/acer ... aspire-one

 

check out the service guide in the ebooks section http://www.aspireoneuser.com/download to find the part number.

is it 60.S0207.001? there's a pic of it on page 119.

 

It's very possible to fins a replacement inside some other electronics kit you may have. Do you have a broken DVD player anywhere, or an old VHS recorder? If so you could strip them down and look for something similar, you may find a cable with the right pitch (spacing between pins) but too many pins, if so, just cut it down.

I broke the mouse cable on a sony vaio and replaced it with a flat cable from inside an old digital camera.