[sdiy] rx5 circuit board repair

[gregory zifcak]

thanks to everyone who responded.
IIRC, i don't think there are any components anywhere near the broken 
traces. from what i understand, i should just be able to lay the tinned wire 
across the crack and solder, no? the crack is only a few inches long, and 
the board is still in one piece, i may not have to glue it.

greg

>From: "James Thompson" <jthompso at yazaki-na.com>
>To: "<"<synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Subject: [sdiy] rx5 circuit board repair
>Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:36:16 -0500
>
>Greg,
>  The group has given you some very good advice.
>But being a tech, I have found thet Super Glue is indispensible in holding
>the board together. Glue the board before carefully scraping the solder 
>mask and
>bridging the traces with 1/4" pieces of solid wire suitable for the trace 
>width.
>  Unless you can find solder pads at both ends of the trace you can solder 
>to.
>  I have used this method for boards that have been broken in two.
>
>Good luck
>
>Jim
>
>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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