Anyone want to try to fix my idiot mistake? (PCB repair)

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Anyone want to try to fix my idiot mistake? (PCB repair)

So I got in Matt Osbourn's high score save kit for my perfectly good, clean working Gyruss...and managed to screw it up. Ugg.

When trying to remove the original RAM I botched it like a novice and ripped up some traces and burnt out some of the existing solder points. Being the prideful being I am, I tried to repair...which didn't help and may have damaged the board even more. When I put the PCB back in all I got was static gibberish.

Anyways I feel like an idiot and am hoping someone here much more qualified in PCB repair would take pity on me and be willing to try to fix my idiocy.

FYI also, I managed to break off about 3 tips from the prongs on the new RAM and 24-pin socket. If I need to get replacements from Matt I will...

Help?
 

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Ouch! I hate to see that happen....
But that doesn't look too bad. Shouldn't be too hard to fix.
Your mistake was trying to pull the original RAM out. You should snip all the legs off at the body of the chip and then desolder each leg one at at time from the board. You shouldn't be trying to save the original RAM chip... that's a common chip you can buy for a buck or two.

I'm a bit confused... how did you mess up the NVRAM? Did you try to solder that directly in?
 
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I can fix it up for you, should be no problem at all.
Send me a PM

Paging doctor Riptor....

It will require a little surgery by a practiced hand like Riptor's, but can be repaired.

As Matt said, it's all about preserving the PCB.

Bill
 
Ouch! I hate to see that happen....
But that doesn't look too bad. Shouldn't be too hard to fix.
Your mistake was trying to pull the original RAM out. You should snip all the legs off at the body of the chip and then desolder each leg one at at time from the board. You shouldn't be trying to save the original RAM chip... that's a common chip you can buy for a buck or two.

I'm a bit confused... how did you mess up the NVRAM? Did you try to solder that directly in?

Oh geez, i have no idea why I didn't just snip off all the legs in the first place. Well live and learn I guess.

Yes I messed up the NVRAM because I tried to solder it directly in...because I broke a pin off the socket. In retrospect I'm not sure what I was thinking. I think I was just so eager to get it installed I stopped thinking clearly lol.
 
Its not really neccesary to snip the legs but it makes it easier. But yeah, a 6116 I would have clipped off. This should be a quick repair, turn it around in a day.
 
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