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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: swazy on Sun, 27 April 2014, 16:22:10

Title: can my rapid be fixed?
Post by: swazy on Sun, 27 April 2014, 16:22:10

Hey everyone. I was taking apart my rapid and this happened. Can this be fixed? If so how can I do it? Any help would be amazing. Thanks.

Title: Re: can my rapid be fixed?
Post by: QWERTim on Sun, 27 April 2014, 16:30:09

Not going to be a pretty repair, but you could solder the wires direct to the board/tracks.

Title: Re: can my rapid be fixed?
Post by: PointyFox on Sun, 27 April 2014, 16:38:48

Suck the solder off the pins, bend them straight, use a circuit writer or similar to repair the contacts and re-solder.

Title: Re: can my rapid be fixed?
Post by: swazy on Sun, 27 April 2014, 18:34:18

Thanks guys. I might just buy a new board lol.

Title: Re: can my rapid be fixed?
Post by: Sifo on Sun, 27 April 2014, 18:36:07

Shameless plug, but you can totally fix it super easily. Fellow member had the exact same problem, fixed it up for him.

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=57166.msg1306865#msg1306865

(http://i.imgur.com/kgPQYfP.jpg)

Title: Re: can my rapid be fixed?
Post by: swazy on Sun, 27 April 2014, 19:24:43

Oh wow!! Thanks so much!!!