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Lifted pad... best way to fix?

Posted by: MJ313 on 2015-06-25 15:02:52 haha yup!

Posted by: MJ313 on 2015-06-25 18:14:54 I am recapping an LC1. All went well except... 1 lifted pad. sigh... This one had a trace leading to a via, so this time I just soldered the cap to the via, following archer174's suggestion. I am wondering if I could've just soldered it to the IC leg? presumably the via, between the IC and the cap has a reason for being though... If I screwed this up, please let me know. 🙂

Posted by: olePigeon on 2015-06-26 12:55:10 Looks fine to me.  I lifted a pad off one machine I was working on, and I used a small piece of jumper wire (the kind used for fixing traces.)  That way I could satisfy my OCD and have straight caps. 😛

Posted by: MJ313 on 2015-06-26 13:01:43 whew! Your stuff all turns out awesome. I have to set my expectations a bit lower at this point... I'll be happy if this works. 😀

Posted by: MJ313 on 2015-06-27 07:27:11 Well, the recapping seemed to go well, but when I booted it up... no sound! So, I went through the archives on here... and sure enough someone else had the same problem. I checked the traces, soaked the board in soapy water, dried it off with my air brush, reflowed the solder on Q1.... BAM!  It works!  Happy days! 🙂

Posted by: Elfen on 2015-06-27 08:50:06 Where's the Like Button? I need to press it. Congrats MJ313! A lot of times the repair is simple. Other times I want to open a portal to hell and throw the board into it!

Posted by: MJ313 on 2015-06-27 19:35:05 Thanks, I am pretty happy it worked out. Lots of good info on this site and helpful people as well.

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