Scratched the Motherboard...

[Guest]

I scratched my mobo while instaling my HSF, the scratch went over about 2 circuts on the pcb. I still went on and connected everything else and the mobo didnt post. I thought the scratch is what killed the mobo but i want a second opinion. Any enlightment?

 

[Crashman]

IF you trace the circuites to the next solder point on each end, you can solder in jumper wires. Or, you can use a conductive pen to connect them, if you lightly sand off the protective coating near the break. After your done, put a little clear nailpolish, or whatever else you have handy, over the repair.

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[jlanka]

How deep is the scratch? Crash' fix will work unless it's too deep. The average MB these days is a 6 or 7 layer sandwich.

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