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Offline chickenNwaffles

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Need a status report on burnt/goofed PCB
« on: Mon, 24 February 2014, 18:41:04 »
Sadly to say my soldering ability is very VERY sub par...*I goofed hard*



If anyone could give tell me if this PCB could ever be revived that would be great  :p
As of now the [M], [,], and [.] keys all do not work.
I may have a Frisbee on my hands  :))

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Offline Parak

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Re: Need a status report on burnt/goofed PCB
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 24 February 2014, 18:58:56 »
Just wire the switch pins directly with some wire. You'll obviously need to determine where each pin used to connect first, too. Test those traces nearby too - you may have damaged them.

Edit: Also, look up some soldering/desoldering video to avoid this in the future. Don't be discouraged - everyone messes up initially. Though to be honest, this is erm... one of the worst examples that I've seen :P
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Offline CPTBadAss

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Re: Need a status report on burnt/goofed PCB
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 24 February 2014, 19:00:59 »
You're going to have to handwire it to fix it. It's definitely going to take some effort. Photekq ended up ditching his KMAC PCB after he torched it for a Phantom PCB.
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Offline chickenNwaffles

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Re: Need a status report on burnt/goofed PCB
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 24 February 2014, 19:17:51 »
Quote from: Parak on Mon, 24 February 2014, 18:58:56
Just wire the switch pins directly with some wire. You'll obviously need to determine where each pin used to connect first, too. Test those traces nearby too - you may have damaged them.

Edit: Also, look up some soldering/desoldering video to avoid this in the future. Don't be discouraged - everyone messes up initially. Though to be honest, this is erm... one of the worst examples that I've seen :P

Well to be honest I didn't have a wick or solder pump at the time so I was just melting it and pushing the solder away with a paper clip  :))
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Offline whiskytango

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Re: Need a status report on burnt/goofed PCB
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 24 February 2014, 19:21:23 »
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Re: Need a status report on burnt/goofed PCB
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 25 February 2014, 02:55:18 »
Quote from: chickenNwaffles on Mon, 24 February 2014, 18:41:04
Sadly to say my soldering ability is very VERY sub par...*I goofed hard*

If anyone could give tell me if this PCB could ever be revived that would be great  :p
As of now the [M], [,], and [.] keys all do not work.
I may have a Frisbee on my hands  :))

Sorry for saying it, but I feel so happy after I saw the photos.

Geekhack is diverse indeed! There's actually somebody on this site who is worse than me at soldering/ desoldering.

I was making weird sculptures on my trial pcb when I tried to desolder it. (IE the solder sucker pulled up the solder, but not all the way, leading to long standing strands of solder as long as 2 inches high.) Pity I never took photos of that alien landscape. It actually looked very interesting if I hadn't been put into such a bad mood.
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Offline whiskytango

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Re: Need a status report on burnt/goofed PCB
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 25 February 2014, 09:49:01 »
What kind of PCB is that?
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Re: Need a status report on burnt/goofed PCB
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 25 February 2014, 10:12:58 »
Quote from: whiskytango on Tue, 25 February 2014, 09:49:01
What kind of PCB is that?
Looks like a poker 2 pcb but I could be wrong.
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Offline chickenNwaffles

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Re: Need a status report on burnt/goofed PCB
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 25 February 2014, 13:23:55 »
Quote from: HPE1000 on Tue, 25 February 2014, 10:12:58
Quote from: whiskytango on Tue, 25 February 2014, 09:49:01
What kind of PCB is that?
Looks like a poker 2 pcb but I could be wrong.

Pure Pro PCB, same thing.
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