It's a micro connector and the leads are in a recess/notch of the part, so tricky to impossible even with a fine tip. No heavy hand here, the device was in a padded storage bag in my laptop bag so it must have been shock or vibration that caused it to pop off. Personally I suspect a shoddy solder job since none of the leads show any sign of bending.
No unfortunately, the real problem here is I do need a hot air solution and solder paste. On Aug 26, 2012 3:33 AM, "Gaffer" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joshua, > > On Sunday 26 August 2012 04:03:17 Joshua MacCraw wrote: > > > > Damn port just poped off the board in storage, haven't even really > > used since picking it up on a whim to learn backtrack last year. Alfa > > fine corporate drones standing firm on it being 13mo and pissed I > > opened clam shell to send pics of the damage per what I thought > > support was asking for despite it being clear exceptional fine > > Chinese workmanship was at fault. > > If its a full sized board mounting USB connector, a "good" fine tip > soldering iron and a steady hand will work just fine. I've re-fixed > micro USB connectors before now when heavy handed users have pulled > them off the PCB. Damage to the tracks is far harder to fix ! > > -- > Best Regards: > Derrick. > Running Open SuSE 11.1 KDE 3.5.10 Desktop. > Pontefract Linux Users Group. > plug @ play-net.co.uk >
