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Re: 1991 Data East Star Trek display
« on: October 03, 2010, 02:01:45 PM »
If its the one the cave man gave me to fix then its all fixed.
It had 2 broken tracks on the pcb (looks like cockroach pee had been on it) which i repaired with wire wrapping wire & 1 dry joint inside the edge of the glass.
i was able to reflow the solder joint inside the glass by heating the wire going into the display and reflowing the solder inbetween the 2 pieces of glass.
the trick is heating the wire were it goes into the glass with only just enough heat to just melt the solder as the trace that is inside the glass has a very low melting point and once it has been over heated then its impossible to fix.
You will need a variable temp soldering iron with a very fine tip to do the above.

Sounds like rocket science. Well done!
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