Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Well, I had someone in work here solder it back on.  He took great 
care and used a large magnifying gizmo to make sure none of the PCB 
tracks were cracked ... but still no joy.  USB is toast, so now back 
to slow-mo midi.
-grimley

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "gonzinigonz" <gonzini@f...> wrote:
> 
> Same happened to me. I thought mine had broken away from the PCB 
but 
> it had just un-clipped itself from the board.
> I managed to pop in back in..
> Your right in what you say though.. all those USB, Firewire etc 
> connections are very prone to damage.
> I managed to repair a friends ipod yesterday. They had managed to 
> break off the firewire socket. Not only that, they found that if 
they 
> forced the plug in the socket and moved it around with force 
(enough 
> to make big black slodges on the LCD!!! animals..)that it might 
make 
> a connection and start charging.
> The out come of all this was they had managed to break a track in 
the 
> middle layer of the PCB, so even though i soldered the socket back 
on 
> it still didnt work. 45mins later with a multimeter and magnifiing 
> glass i sussed out what was wrong. re-conected the ground to a 
> convenient point and it burst into life..
> So yes whatch out for that one..
> G
> 
> Sorry for the off topic, well it was sort of related..
>  
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Justin Grimley" <grimley@i...> wrote:
> > 
> > Just a warning to everyone to be careful 
connecting/disconnecting 
> > your USB cable.  I was removing (gently by the way) the cable 
> tonight 
> > when the connector snapped off the board and rattled inside the 
> unit.
> > I tried super-gluing it back on (I know I'm an eejit) but it 
> wouldn't 
> > hold so I'm getting someone to solder it in the morning.
> > -grimley