Hi everyone! I've subscribed to the YT channel yesterday! It's really nice and full of knowledge! I'm a hobbiest solderer myself.. never designed a PCB or something like that, but I've changed some caps over time and I'm really interested in electronics (as hobby of course)
So, cut to the point! I would like to suggest a video for the blog that maybe helps me to solve a problem that I currently have.
I've purchased a used AsRock motherboard.. according to the seller the board was perfectly functional, the only issue was that the PCI-E socket clip (the one that locks the VGA to the socket) was broken.. As I had no plan to use anything but the integrated graphics I didn't mind and proceeded with the deal (the board was very very cheap). When it arrived home, I've noticed that a track was completely burned and lifted from the board, and a really bad solder "patch" was applied. As the track was lifted off like 3cm long I've made the decision to cut it out and replace it with a single copper thread wire.. like UTP cable internal wires. I've soldered the cable, isolated both solder points to prevent shorts and turned it on... It works, but is a really really nasty fix. So, the idea was that Dave could make a video about this topic. What do you think?
I don't have pictures right now, but I've found this picture that has a similar problem.. the only thing is that in my case the track is like 2mm wide and burned distance is like 30mm straight (no corners).
![](http://users.wowway.com/~ookpik72/BlownTraces.jpg)