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I bought a cheap hot air solder iron and applied to much force with tweezers and ended up ripping 5 of the contact pads off should of just stuck to the regular solder… Is this repairable? It looks like I would be able to run wires possibly? Any info on where to run wires would be greatly appreciated!
I located this, not sure what part of the logic board this is? Do I run wires to these locations? Is this the chip right below the connector?
-Daniel
Repairing lifted pads is not inherently difficult if you have the rights tools and a bit of experience. Here’s an example of work I did on an iMac when a customer pulled the screen out too forcefully ;>). A good soldering station, some thin gauge enamelled wire (36 - 42 AWG) and some UV-Curable solder mask and you will be good to go.
If you can find a local micro-solderer, they should be able to fix that for you which will be much less expensive than replacing the logic board. I don’t know if @danj does micro-soldering work but he can certainly help you out.
typically its a pain to replace contact pans and as far as I know near impossible. but if I read correctly @danj does mail in repairs. so he’d probably be the trust worthy one to know that info. typically I don’t buy cheap soldering irons or re-work tools.
