linksys wusb54 help...anyone?

[tryme]

mess up the power side of my center trace on the board when I was desoldering the stock antenna can't get any info on the board from linksys ..lol so i was wondering if anyone out there has done the same silly thing and have resolve the issue.. the pad is so small it got ****ed up with the desoldering wick .. I guess i gave it a bit too much heats stupid

[Alan87i]

If your careful you could scrape the coating off each end of the missing trace spot on the board and replace it with a small strand of wire from like a 22 guage piece. Use one tiny strand or 2 twisted.
Touchy work that is. I've done it countless times on 2 way radios.

[tryme]

Thanks for your reply I thought of the jumper and also using some sort of silver solder glue but the problem is if you look at the pic closely;I'm not sure but I think the board is duo layer not sure I'm not an expert ,but I don't know where the center trace goes. The original trace or pad seem to go no where if you look at it from the to[ and i don't see anything from underneath.

[Alan87i]

Ya it's dual layer board . if there's any holes along the route of that trace you might try shoving a thin wire through them and soldering both sides.

[tryme]

mmm thats a good idea I never thought of that I guess I got to find a half decient magnifying glass now to find the hole; I hope that i didn't damage the underlaying trace. the wire dia must only be around 4-8 thou thick so it is really hard to see..

[Alan87i]

It is ,
I have done electronics repair for 8 years now out of my home part time . So far I have only wet my fingers a few times with smt boards. I really need a smaller iron to work on those boards. Most repairs out cost the replacement price with this new stuff. So I haven't bothered.
If you fail in repairing it don't walk away empty handed , the knowledge learned and experience gained , you will always have ( takes notes if your memory leaks like mine does) LOL