Re: repair burned track on motherboard
From: Jon Yaeger (jono_1_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 03/16/05
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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:42:10 -0500
in article 1110731088.288039.311590@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com,
tte@wtd.net at tte@wtd.net wrote on 3/13/05 11:24 AM:
> Hi,
>
> Well, having a bad day and burned part of the PCB on 2 motherboards. I
> was installing into an old Compaq case for my neighbor. I left a
> mounting screw where it shouldn't have been. Two motherboards later I
> realized the mistake. What I get for doing this at 11 PM after a long
> day at work. Thankfully these were cheap PCChips boards so I was only
> out 85 dollars.
>
> Long story short, there is an isolated part of the motherboard that is
> damaged. If I tape a small piece of aluminum foil to bridge the gap in
> the PCB track the motherboard will boot up however the display flickers
> and one can tell that the motherboard is not working so well. Any
> advice on how to fix damage on the surface of a PCB caused by a short
> like this? I don't want to simply try and return these motherboards
> since I think this would be rather dishonest given my mistake. Not
> much experience in small electronics repair so any obvious advice is
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tony
>
Jump the damaged traces with very fine insulated wire and solder at both
ends (wire-wrap wire is good for this and probably available at Radio
Shack).
Use glue to tack down the wire to the PCB along it's length.
Jon
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