get RAMBo boardc repaired
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 1:19 pm
My guess is no-one repairs boards, but just in case.
I have one on which the USB connector has deconstructed. Since I have a couple of other boards which I tbhought might be harvested of their USB Jacks, I fired up the Weller WTCP with an 800F tip, got out the braid and went to work. My guess is solder melting point might be higher, but my solution was to add solder to each connection and then use the braid and did my best to sop up the solder, but I was unable to clean out all of the holes and one of the large grounds came apart. I concluded that I would be unable to remove the jack without destroying a couple of the connections and possibly ruin the board. I also realized that i would have to remove the jack from the otherwise good board and might ruin that board too.
I bought a new board. I'm guessing that no one fixes boards as a business because the cost of the repair might be not much less than the cost of a new board. Any ideas?
I have one on which the USB connector has deconstructed. Since I have a couple of other boards which I tbhought might be harvested of their USB Jacks, I fired up the Weller WTCP with an 800F tip, got out the braid and went to work. My guess is solder melting point might be higher, but my solution was to add solder to each connection and then use the braid and did my best to sop up the solder, but I was unable to clean out all of the holes and one of the large grounds came apart. I concluded that I would be unable to remove the jack without destroying a couple of the connections and possibly ruin the board. I also realized that i would have to remove the jack from the otherwise good board and might ruin that board too.
I bought a new board. I'm guessing that no one fixes boards as a business because the cost of the repair might be not much less than the cost of a new board. Any ideas?