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zune player

08/13/2008 9:17 AM

the terminal of my zune player that the battery cable attaches to broke from the circuit board. Any advice how to re-attached or solder it.

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Re: zune player

08/13/2008 9:53 AM

Assuming the board is broken and no other damage is done:

  • Note: runs can be on both sides of the board, and multi-layer boards have runs inside the board

The proper way is to drill a new hole, install and solder a new run, and insert and solder a new post and finally solder the wire to the post.

An easier fix, is to:

Follow the copper run to the next connection point (probably the input to a transformer) and solder the wire there.

Do you have you any experience or training in soldering electronic devices?

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Re: zune player

08/14/2008 9:42 AM

Roll it into the center of a large (1 kg should suffice) ball of high solids epoxy.

When fully cured, roll it down the face of Hoover Dam.

After the quite satisfying "Splooosh!", go to Wal-Mart and purchase a replacement.

Weekend fulfilled!

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Re: zune player

08/14/2008 6:46 PM

Hello Guest,

Such gross pollution, horrors

Kind Regards....

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Re: zune player

08/17/2008 8:53 PM

the first mistake was buying a zune player

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