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Has anyone had this happen to them?
I noticed the pins weren't making contact to get power, they were bent from me not being careful enough, but trust me i did this slowly, but not slow and careful enough it seems..
Is there anyway it can be fixed?
Im sure its dead now, hard lesson learnt, will just make sure i buy an ezb4 that doesn't need the comm upgrade. If anyone else has to this please be careful, its not as straight forward as it looks...damn those tiny little pins...
As Jeremie said, it's only d20 that's affected. Do not attempt to repair or perform "fixes" on the ezb and avoid further damage.
Use it as is and merely do not use pin d20
I am going to agree with @DJ... Unless you are very experienced de-soldering/soldering stuff like this I would just sacrifice pin 20... You are probably not going to use all 24 ports anyway so it's not worth risking any further damage... Just my opinion, though...
Appreciate the replies thanks everyone.
New comm board arrived, but i noticed this one, the whole top row of pins are bent out of alignment from shipping, and there is a little solder stuck to one of the pins.
After what happened last time due to my clumsiness, im a little nervous about trying to install this one now seeing as the pins are quite bent before i even start...Can these pins be moved a bit before they break?
If i can't install this, i'll have to shelve this project and move onto the next one which has the Lol Tiny ready to go.
No problem - gently align the pins. It's expected they will be a little out of alignment after shipping around the world. Such a minor amount like that won't be any trouble
. You could very gently align them as you insert into ez-b, or gently use fine tipped pliers.
Hi Dj and thanks, ive been trying since i posted and it just doesn't want to go in.
If the pins break then i will have to move on and forget about this for awhile, its proving a little difficult right now..
Happy ending....phew.
