Hacking I scratched my flashcart's PCB by accident

YayMii · Apr 27, 2010

I was messing around with my old flashcart (it's not that useful anymore, it's a non-DSi cart, and currently I only own a DSi XL), and I accidentally scratched the PCB. It's not that deep, but I'm not sure if it'll cause problems. The scratch runs horizontally across 5 of the contacts (well, the board above the contacts), and it's a white mark. The flashcart's a Blue PCB EDGE card.

Will this cause problems?

Slyakin · Apr 27, 2010

Could you show a pic?

YayMii · Apr 27, 2010

Sorry, don't have a camera available at the moment. But for more clarification, it's 1 mm above the contacts, and about 5 mm long (you Americans can convert that). Part of the scratch is pure white, some other parts barely scraped the color off. The scratch is paper-thin, but little bit wider at those line-things that come from the contacts.

tk_saturn · Apr 27, 2010

Unless you have cut the tracks, it will be fine. It will either work, or it won't. If the tracks are cut, I wouldn't attempt to use it as you don't know how the DS will respond when it boots.

Presumably if you see 'pure white' you've cut through the tracks into the fibreglass, otherwise I imagine you'll see copper.

DeltaBurnt · Apr 27, 2010

YayMii said:
Sorry, don't have a camera available at the moment. But for more clarification, it's 1 mm above the contacts, and about 5 mm long (you Americans can convert that). Part of the scratch is pure white, some other parts barely scraped the color off. The scratch is paper-thin, but little bit wider at those line-things that come from the contacts.

Erm...didn't you say you had a DSi XL?

YayMii · Apr 27, 2010

I dunno, the tracks aren't really cut, they just turned white. I don't think the scratch was deep enough to cut the tracks.

EDIT: ~~I can't use my DSi XL right now. My parents decided to take my hard-earned $300 (DSi XL, 3 games, a nice DSi XL case, my Acekard 2i. All purchased with my own money).~~

macgeek417 · Apr 27, 2010

Should be fine

YayMii · Apr 27, 2010

I got my DSi somehow, and got pictures. They're not that high quality, so I tried to make them clearer.

UltraMagnus · Apr 27, 2010

it doesn't look like it cut through any tracks

GentleFist · Apr 27, 2010

just put it in your ds and test it out, if the lines are cut you can still try some soldering~~

YayMii · Apr 27, 2010

Okay, so I tried it in a friend's DS, and it works fine. Thanks everyone.

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