koaftder wrote:
A few years ago i was messing in a 133MHz pc and my screwdriver slipped, and i cut through like 20 lines next to the processor. I was able to fix it easily by rubbing off the lacquer in that area gently, and then i tinned my soldering iron, put a blob of solder on the end and just ran the iron back and forth quickly accross the cut traces. They patched up easily and none of the solder bridges fused with their neighbors.
A long, long time ago (in
Nuts and Volts or
Computer Shopper, I believe), I read about a paint-on gel product designed to bridge sliced traces whilst being resistive enough not to short out neighboring ones. Their demo was said to be a sliced-up 386 or similar running submerged in a tank of the stuff.
Sadly, I have no idea of the name, let alone if it's still made, but it might be worth looking into if you're prone to such things.
