On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 12:41:56 AM UTC+11, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Is Precision Electronics on King St. still in business? Call them up and
ask them who they'd recommend for small board rework. They used to be a
Weller and Pace dealer.
There is a Precision Radio at 1160 King St. that sounds like the place.
Check with the ohmmeter and see.
Are we talking continuity check between the pads that should not be connected per the upgrade instructions?
Are you sure it's the same pad?
It's hard to tell through the 3x loupe what I'm looking at between the broken, brightly reflecting solder resist crystals, the brightly reflecting board material and the brightly reflecting metal line. Everything reflects brightly here but yours truly.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure I severed that line because even the neighboring pad began to move. Surprised they didn't ask for a hole to be dug for a hand crank too to make the chip upgrade more convoluted.