Got a screaming good deal on a nonworking Asteroids cocktail this past Sunday. It appears to be in really good shape, but has a broken PCB near the monitor. (Please don't point and laugh just because I don't know the name of the PCB yet, it's probably the monitor board, but I am not that technically inclined.)
The part where it mounts was broken at the legs, attached are a few pics. I'm assuming and hoping I can just solder some simple traces to the spots where the PCB broke, to complete those traces. I downloaded the manual, and there's a picture that looks reeeeeeaaaaaaly close to the board I need to fix. Calls it the "Deflection Amplifier." Some traces are slightly different, but I am somewhat confident I can use it to base what trace needs what despite the differences.
(Dare to dream, right?)
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help guide me through this. The schematic is backwards from this picture / schematic is drawn from component side.
The part where it mounts was broken at the legs, attached are a few pics. I'm assuming and hoping I can just solder some simple traces to the spots where the PCB broke, to complete those traces. I downloaded the manual, and there's a picture that looks reeeeeeaaaaaaly close to the board I need to fix. Calls it the "Deflection Amplifier." Some traces are slightly different, but I am somewhat confident I can use it to base what trace needs what despite the differences.
- Question 1: Is it safe to assume I just need to repair one trace at each broken corner? It looks very straightforward.
- Question 2: How big / what gauge of a wire will I need for these 2 'hacks'?
- Question 3: Best way to remove the dielectric from the traces so that I can solder them? Pencil eraser? Dremel wire brush?
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help guide me through this. The schematic is backwards from this picture / schematic is drawn from component side.
