J9001 for 820-2828

iguystechshop

New member
Anyone know a source (besides a donor board, of course) for connector J9001 (DP POWER) for 27" iMac 820-2828? Lots and lots of searching has turned up nothing so far.
 

Gurmon

Member
i doubt you'll be able to buy a single one.
Part number 53780-8606 made by Molex.

onlinecomponents.com has these.

Personally i'd go donor route unless you can rig something else together.
 

dukefawks

Administrator
I used to pull them from standard laptop boards. Sony boards from 2007-09 era had similar connector in white color but fitted fine.
 

iguystechshop

New member
Thanks guys. With that Molex part number, I was able to find it on Mouser:

http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Molex/53780-0270/?qs=IvJWhXmDNxETb6Tkq%2bXyZg==

89 cents each isn't bad with a MOQ of one. Seems to be a commonly damaged connector...I've run into two in the last week. In fact, just had a customer bring a failed DIY repair where he plugged in the DP power upside down thanks to a damaged connector. Lucky for him it just blew the L9000 inductor (in dramatic fashion) and didn't do any other damage.

Gurmon - How did you figure out that part number from Molex? I consider myself pretty savvy at finding stuff like that, but for the life of me couldn't find a single thing out there.
 
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