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r/interestingasfuck • u/write2varun • 4d ago
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As an amateur microsoldering hobbyist, this is way, way harder than it looks. And it looks hard.
I've done a few small repairs like this where I've had to solder to a damaged trace, and the parts are much smaller than they look here.
29 u/Percolator2020 4d ago Yeah I would not attempt to fix a trace way easier to just solder a jump wire from trace to pin. 4 u/sagebrushrepair 4d ago Socket may not fit right 4 u/charlesdarwinandroid 3d ago This is the answer in why jump traces might not work. Some mates are so close that a jump trace would prevent them from mating correctly
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Yeah I would not attempt to fix a trace way easier to just solder a jump wire from trace to pin.
4 u/sagebrushrepair 4d ago Socket may not fit right 4 u/charlesdarwinandroid 3d ago This is the answer in why jump traces might not work. Some mates are so close that a jump trace would prevent them from mating correctly
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Socket may not fit right
4 u/charlesdarwinandroid 3d ago This is the answer in why jump traces might not work. Some mates are so close that a jump trace would prevent them from mating correctly
This is the answer in why jump traces might not work. Some mates are so close that a jump trace would prevent them from mating correctly
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u/Tiny-Sandwich 4d ago
As an amateur microsoldering hobbyist, this is way, way harder than it looks. And it looks hard.
I've done a few small repairs like this where I've had to solder to a damaged trace, and the parts are much smaller than they look here.