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LuxKiller65

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Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks!
31.03.06 at 16:17:51

The picture says it all. I thought scraping hard wouldn't remove the tracks, but I think I shouldn't have scraped that hard! Is there a way to connect the two tracks together? Maybe some sort of pencil or paste or whatever? I'm so dumb about electronics, I'm sure some of you guys here know how to fix it. I just hope it's not so bad!

And, BTW, is there a better way to clean the tracks, since they're all black and alcohol @ 94% doens't do much unless I scrape... and NO, I won't scrape on that again.

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #1 - 31.03.06 at 16:26:22 hmm the image does not look clear on what it really is, looks like some black stripes on a mirror lol
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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #2 - 31.03.06 at 16:36:08 No, it's some sort of plastic flat cable with tracks on it, to send signals from a Videopac keyboard to the mainboard! And the tracks there are like made of some thin metallic paste or something.
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #3 - 31.03.06 at 16:40:32 oh okay Isee now hehe , hmm dunno if tracks like that sort are that easy to replace, you could at least give it a shot.
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #4 - 31.03.06 at 17:10:35 Go to the local auto parts store and get the rear window defroster repair kit for around 5$. Works great
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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #5 - 31.03.06 at 17:16:28 Totally right, now that I think of it, it's the same sort of thing you can scrape off. THANKS!
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ps47 God Member Offline Keeper of the 3Dfx Helppage Posts: 988 Slovakia,central Europe Gender:	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #6 - 31.03.06 at 20:54:31 Quote: Go to the local auto parts store and get the rear window defroster repair kit for around 5$. Works great I'll remember that 8)
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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #7 - 31.03.06 at 21:19:01 How about a silver conductive pen? Will it work too?
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Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks!
Reply #8 - 01.04.06 at 02:03:31

chances are a conductive pen will work as well...

1. Mask off the areas to the left and right of the first broken track.

2. Make sure you have a good 'flow' of 'ink' from the conductive pen (press it on newspaper till you see silver 'stuff').

3. Draw on the broken section of track with your pen.

4. Leave to dry for 1 hour.

5. Repeat steps with other track.

...and that's that!

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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #9 - 01.04.06 at 08:35:36 Thanks a lot, I'll go buy one in some hours and do like you suggest. As for cleaning all the crap on the already present tracks? Some parts are really black, and some really clean; the difference is clearly visible and may have effects on the flow...
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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #10 - 01.04.06 at 15:43:22 Fixed with some silver conductive varnish:
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #11 - 01.04.06 at 18:30:05 yeah let's hope it will work mate
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #12 - 01.04.06 at 22:23:26 Hmm...hope it works! Oh, and you don't actually NEED to clean them in the first place... ...if it ain't broke - don't fix it!
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LuxKiller65 God Member Offline Posts: 680 Luxembourg Gender:	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #13 - 02.04.06 at 07:56:38 But I love cleaning things... I won't be able to test it, since I'm missing the power supply. But as soon as I'll get one, I'll do it.
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Need help, screwed up two electronic tracks! Reply #14 - 02.04.06 at 16:57:29 Good to see you got it fixed, I like keeping things clean also
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