Help revive a fellow ps3!

[Dashing21]

Hello! I recently got my hands on a 2103b (got it for around 14 usd) it was working but it had loud fan and overheating issue, upon opening it was very clean (rare for these models here in my country) long story short the thermal paste had to be changed. When I was reassembling it, I found out that I had by mistaked pulled the fan socket out of the mother board
Now since without the main fan, the ps3 cannot function. What are my options to revive this golden piece ? (Atleast for me as cfw compatible models are very rare here). Every help is appreciated .

 

[snkplkn]

@sandungas @ElGris @vyktormvmpay25

This has happened with many PS4 users with their PSU socket which links to motherboard. Now you need to identify points of soldering and solder fan wires directly to motherboard. Experts who know about PS3 motherboard can better advice.

 

[sandungas]

The fan have 3 wires:

GND = very easy to find an alternative solder point
VOLTS = relativelly easy to find an alternative solder point
PWM = connected to syscon pin #126

 

[vyktormvmpay25]

I usually soldered back that port on his place when I find one broken . Scratch on both sides soldering to ground for support metal on each side, now for main pins he needs microscope if isn't blind as I am. Scratch and add wires to pins. On the end I use something A+B epoxy composite as glue.