Broken Contact after desoldering of XenoGC

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Der_Blockbuster
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Broken Contact after desoldering of XenoGC

Post by Der_Blockbuster » Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:24 am

Hello, I installed the Modchip directly on to the bord. Got a Red LED which didnt change.
Now I tried to desolder it(i suck at soldering and it was a pain in the ...
Now I noticed a contact which came off.
Is it fixable?
(pic attached)
thx ^^
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novenary
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Re: Broken Contact after desoldering of XenoGC

Post by novenary » Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:40 am

You'll have to use wires. You can try to scrape the solder mask away from that via and solder directly to it or find an alternative solder point on the other side of the PCB.
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Re: Broken Contact after desoldering of XenoGC

Post by Der_Blockbuster » Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:13 pm

Well I think I broke it even more...is this still fixable?
Cant I just hook one cable to the circle where the Gold plate was ? (Circle is green on the pic)
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Re: Broken Contact after desoldering of XenoGC

Post by novenary » Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:44 pm

That's what I meant. That pad you tried to use goes nowhere.
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Re: Broken Contact after desoldering of XenoGC

Post by boredomca » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:38 pm

Yeah that pad is a dead end.
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