[sdiy] rx5 circuit board repair

[Scott Gravenhorst]

I've had to do this.  I cut short pieces of wire, tinned
them with solder and layed one down on each cracked land.
Then applied solder.  If you simple drop a bead of solder
on the crack, it will probably break easily.  The pieces
of wire add strength.  It's not a fun job, BTW, but if you're
careful, it should work.  Make sure to inspect the end
result carefully for solder bridges before applying power.

"gregory zifcak" <zifcak at hotmail.com> wrote:
>hi.
>i fell on my rx5 and cracked the circuit board. it still works, except for 
>the 0 and 2 buttons. unfortunately, almost all of its menus start with 0, so 
>i can't do much. looking at the circuit board, i can see exactly where the 
>crack goes across the applicable traces. they are covered with a light 
>plastic covering. my question is: how should i go about closing bridging the 
>crack? should i just cut the plastic and just try to apply a thin line of 
>solder? or is it more complicated than that?
>
>also, i am using this machine to trigger drum modules, so the pad names 
>don't apply. i'd like to add labels to the keys that correspond to the 
>module voice numbers. does anyone have any ideas for labels that won't leave 
>residue?
>
>thanks for any advice,
>
>greg
>
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