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Here's the back of the board.
And the front of the board. Big, heavy parts like C4 aren't glued down...
The gobs of ugly glue you see on many cheap one-sided paper phenolic circuit boards like this (and AV equipment and power supplies) helps prevent the following problem due to the lack of plated-through holes to hold parts in place.
Metal fatigue!
The copper around the pad on one of C4's legs fatigued. A little scrape with a penknife and a dab of solder later, and works like a charm.
WeCouldAllGoPeeTogether
I glued a foot on a ceramic frog this weekend.
cosinewave
So did you apply some hot glue or something to prevent a repeat performance?
kopiovastaava
When in doubt, glue C4.
ohdued
Those are hard to find and I'm so lazy I'll re-solder everything just in case.
Meduza
OP is a pro at working with very tiny things... if ya get my drift =()
dauntlessds
So I'm guessing that means your micro-penis surgery was a success?
Meduza
Damn right it did. Went from a micro-penis to a milli-penis, I now only need a magnifying glass to see it instead of a microscope
dauntlessds
Sigh... I still can't find a surgeon that has an electron microscope... I think it's concave :/