Hi Guys:

I would like to repair this broken track myself, if possible. Please take a look at the attached 2 pics.

I am handy with a soldering iron but, even using my multi-meter, I cannot work out where to bridge this broken track, from/to.

Has anyone done this same repair and can advise??

Thanks, so much.

Roger
See broken track at bottom of this pic

Close-up of broken track

 

Hi Guys:

Please ignore this post as it looks like what appeared to be a broken track is just a thin scrape of the wide track shown. There is continuity, after all.

I have checked all tracks both sides using a magnifying glass and all look good.

Time for a replacement module, I guess!

Roger

 

Yes, that is just the coating that is starting to fail - it's supposed to keep moisture out of the board. You could try cleaning the board up and reflowing the solder joints in that area including on those tiny surface mount components. The connector pins especially don't look very good, but then again it could be the potato cam. You could also go round the board testing for any shorts on those components - nothing to lose trying to repair it first if you are going to replace it anyway.

At a minimum though I would try reflowing the connector pins - that should be easy enough, but the components on those boards are so small you might not want to bother doing anything more with it.

 

Thanks, so much, for your response.

I will do as you suggest and, at a minimum, reflow the solder on all the connections, in case there is a cold or cracked solder joint. They should be easy to do.

Thanks again.

Roger

 

It's certainly worth trying, including reflowing any of those components you are comfortable working on. The problem with trying to repair boards like that is you really need a microscope just to see the thing in the first place.