Digital BW, The Print

Yes. It's called retrofiting and is part of a technicians job in most
service organisations. It's also employed in rebuilds and repair of
exchanged parts under service contracts in most industries.
What? No one thought they just threw away valuable merchandise did
they? They get repaired, recertified and go back on the shelf for use.

Regards

Duane


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dfaprinting"
<dfaprinting@y...> wrote:

> 
> You might be surprised how often really expensive equipment gets a QC 
> fix by running a wire on the board to fix a bad trace, and make a 
> modification/upgrade before they revise the actual board. I can't 
> tell you how often I get something that cost $15000 or more that 
> arrives with a small mod or fix to a PC board, broadcast TV cameras, 
> routing switchers, tape machines. It's actually rare to get something 
> that doesn't have some kind of repair or change, especially when you 
> get into 6+ layer boards.