Broken iBook Power Button

I recently tried to replace the inverter cable in my iBook because the LCD backlight was malfunctioning so doing it myself was much cheaper than getting it done by certain companies we know, however in taking apart the iBook I accidetnaly pulled the power button connector off the logic board. I now have no way of turning on my iBook. I need a key combination, or a power bar that turns it on or anything else you might know of that would turn on my ibook. I'll be buying a new macbook anyway but I need to use the iBook until I do get a new one. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

cuts,
.. however in taking apart the iBook I accidetnaly pulled the power button connector off the logic board... I need a key combination, or a power bar that turns it on or anything else you might know of that would turn on my ibook
I've done that. It's easy to do. It can be repaired by resoldering the socket back onto the logic board. If there isn't enough of a land there to solder to, often the case, I have traced the circuit out to components on the reverse side of the board. Used the continuity tester on my DVM to do that. It traced out to some SMT components on the reverse side of the board. Gigantic compared to the trace that the socket was soldered to. I soldered tiny wires to those components, led them to the opposite side and soldered them to the leads on the socket. A bit of shrink tubing and the iBook works like new.
Richard

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which an expert or genius may be able to perform a
basic troubleshooting effort to find what that may be.
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