At 05:44 24-02-2000 -0800, you wrote:
>I have here a perfectly good SCSI device I'd like to use, it's just that
>the +12V pin in the power connector has broken off. Can I just solder
another
>pin right on the trace on the PCB, or is there some sealer over the traces?
>(Or anything else I should know about?)
There may be solder mask (easily scraped off), but beneath it you should
just be dealing with regular tinned copper.
Be sure to make a solid connection! The +12V lead in most disk drives
supplies the spindle motor, and that means lots of milliamps (or outright
amps in many cases).
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
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Received on Thu Feb 24 2000 - 08:12:24 GMT