Can I fix it?

[Walty]

Howzit Guys,
One of the wire thingies on the back of one of my motherboards has come loose, see here:
http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/showphoto.php?photo=3956&cat=500
Is it possible to ''re-connect'' it

 

[.Froot.]

How the hell did you manage that?
From your question I can almost safely say that you can't fix that. Maybe a techie?

 

[Ou grote]

looks like a game of Snake went wrong

 

[Walty]

How the hell did you manage that?
From your question I can almost safely say that you can't fix that. Maybe a techie?

OK thanks, I think it shorted

 

[Mathias]

Lolz... How did you manage that???
It looks like someting might have shorted...

 

[Walty]

looks like a game of Snake went wrong

 

[The_Techie]

Don't try to fix it yourself, methinks

 

[fskmh]

Looks like something got more current than was intended to pass through there.
I would guess that the components connected to that track also got damaged before the heat melted the insulation on the PCB and caused the track to curl back like that.

So the short answer is probably, no.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

wire? you mean the tracking?
Its easy to fix, just solder some wire to each point to bridge the gap.

 

[Walty]

wire? you mean the tracking?
Its easy to fix, just solder some wire to each point to bridge the gap.

Really? Would that work

 

[Gunny]

Yup it should work to fix the track, just do not put excessive heat on the track. If you do not know how to solder don't attempt it.

The next question is what other components did it manage to take out with it. Sometimes you ucky and it is just the track but other times not.

 

[howardb]

Wire-bridging would work - did it with my UPS board when the tracking lifted off the PCB from age and heat - just make sure that the wire you use is sufficiently large enough to carry the current - i.e. don't use scooby wire... rather use an old molex connector wire or similar diameter.

Which motherboard make/model is this Walty?

 

[The_Techie]

Well, if you're set on fixing it yourself it should be quite simple by using wire and solder (as has been said above). I just hope it didn't take any other components with it

 

[Walty]

Which motherboard make/model is this Walty?

It's an old Intel 845PE

Well, if you're set on fixing it yourself it should be quite simple by using wire and solder (as has been said above). I just hope it didn't take any other components with it

What kind of wire should I use?

 

[Gunny]

it looks like a ground track, so anything bigger than 0.5mm