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Re: Pinball Hacks - WPC Style !
« on: December 25, 2014, 05:36:35 AM »
Looks like a number of boards that come through my shop as of late.

I get a lot of boards that worked until someone tried to 'bulletproof' it, by replacing all the bridges and caps. IMO this is not a good idea, as the originals are rarely bad. 5v resets can often be fixed without touching bridges and caps. Most people claim they fixed the problem, when the only thing they've done is fixed a bunch of cold solder joints by replacing the components.

Almost always, they've pulled a bunch of through holes, and I have to pull the board back apart and fix their damage. I've installed a ton of eyelets this year and have reliably repaired a great number of driver boards without ugly jumpers.