iMac 27" late 2012 - fixable or usable?

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I opened up my late-2012 iMac to replace a faulty power supply, and when I put it back together, I carelessly damaged the internal display cable port on the logic/motherboard.

I am trying to work out what options I have.

I think that the port will need to be soldered. That is beyond my limited skill level and I don't want to spend too much on the machine. Everyone I have spoken to so far wants to replace the whole logic board which is much more than I want to spend.

In the interim, I have ordered a DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor to try to use the mac with an external display, but I am not sure this will work as I can't configure it using the existing display.

Is there anything else I can try?
 
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