As per topic a hot swap socket completely ripped off the board on my GMMK3 75%. From what I gather it could be fixed by:
- Re-attaching the socket to the board
- Soldering new connections.
The question is how would I go about figuring out where the connections need to go? If it helps here are the pics of the front / back of the board:
The missing socket is on the left alt key.
Is this something I could safely try with zero soldering knowledge / experience? The board is as good as dead for me without the missing key so I’m not worried about damaging it.
PS. I can’t upload more than one image at a time, I’ll post the back in a follow up post.
Here’s the pic of the back of the board.
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It appears the copper pads are still there. If that’s the case, then it should be easy to resolder a socket in place. If you still have the old one, that should be fine. It was a pretty poor solder joint if it was able to pop completely off the pads without ripping them.
As for fixing it, if you knew someone who can solder that would be one option. The other would be to get a basic soldering kit and DIY. Luckily what you’re soldering isn’t that challenging. You might want to buy yourself a little soldering kit to practice on first though. Watch a few videos on YouTube to get the basics for soldering, it’s a lot easier than it may seem.
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Actually I think the pads are gone, as it looks like part of the trace for the right one has been ripped up a bit.
It’s potentially fixable by soldering a wire from those nearby traces to a new socket, and then gluing it in place. The trace is going to be tiny though and needs the white mask scraped off with a hobby knife to reveal the copper underneath (which you can then solder to).
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