[sdiy] rx5 circuit board repair

[Rob B]

use very fine 28 gauge wirewrap wire.. It will hold together and fit in all
the tight spots to jumper the broke traces.

Make sure there is a bit of slack, then, epoxy the board back together just
for conveineince when putting it back into the unit..

Had to do this before too, cuz someone sent a 303 for repair to me in a mail
pouch with no bubble wrap or anything. ;) It ended up being much more repair
than it was supposed to have been originally, needless to say..

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] rx5 circuit board repair


> 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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