Post by: the-slunk on Sun, 03 June 2018, 15:06:08
Would a messed up pad cause the entire row to stop functioning?(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180603/de2495b4f2ea627bb2350d6ce8e268e7.jpg)
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Post by: suicidal_orange on Mon, 04 June 2018, 04:41:47
Please post a pic of the back of the board with the traces visible in the shine, this should help someone see where the damage is and how to fix it.
Post by: the-slunk on Mon, 04 June 2018, 19:05:19
Yes one pad could take out an entire row if you're very unlucky and it's the worst place to damage for this very reason - anywhere else you can connect to a nearby switch/diode but not here.Thank you for the response and pretty much (inadvertently?) resolving the issue. I was gonna take a picture but then noticed 2 pads/joints that didn't look right. I used the finest tip I had and re-soldered it while sort of... Digging in? Some solder with the fine tip. I'm sure it's completely sacrilegious to do this but this is literally my first baord I've put together and I needed to get it working for work :/(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180605/9542c475c93d8bd20d315c3ef237168b.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180605/3498720d6277ee1bfad0672ae02c7347.jpg)
Please post a pic of the back of the board with the traces visible in the shine, this should help someone see where the damage is and how to fix it.
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Post by: suicidal_orange on Tue, 05 June 2018, 04:10:19
As a genearal comment quite a few of those switch joints look like they could use a bit more solder. It might just be the angle and if they work no need to do anything now but if they stop working or start chattering (registering multiple times) just reheat the joints on the affected switch and add a bit more solder and it will probably start behaving again.
Enjoy your first board and don't forget to post pics of the pretty side when it's done :thumb:
Post by: the-slunk on Tue, 05 June 2018, 05:46:04
Glad you got it sorted - that's a very double sided PCB and guessing what goes where would have been a nightmare!You're definitely right about the joints needing more solder but being inexperienced I figured I'd go light rather than heavy on my first to. The logic was it would be easier to go back and add more solder if I had to than try to remove some from each joint with wick
As a genearal comment quite a few of those switch joints look like they could use a bit more solder. It might just be the angle and if they work no need to do anything now but if they stop working or start chattering (registering multiple times) just reheat the joints on the affected switch and add a bit more solder and it will probably start behaving again.
Enjoy your first board and don't forget to post pics of the pretty side when it's done :thumb:
.It's not much to look at to be honest, I'm just getting into the modding and soldering boards so what I did was lube a set of box royals, desolder old gateron browns from my Anne pro, and clip/grease/Band-Aid the stabs. Figured I'd rather potentially ruin a $65 board than a $500 custom first time around.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180605/1f1d4fcc1b77603cb1ec95c651f2a425.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180605/3aac1a5c0b2afcf90acc731baa5ba248.jpg)
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