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Old 04-03-2013, 02:37 PM   #14
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Wow. Sounds like extortion.

You should be able to solder the pin back in. If it's on a desktop, I'd consider just soldering the dongle to the board inside the chasis.
I'd do something like this, but instead of fitting a female USB head, I'd just solder directly to the security dongle. May have to crack the housing, but as long as you don't damage the internal board you shouldn't have any issues. Just use low heat.

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