Then, with an inspection of the severed traces and lifted components, it was simply a matter of reflowing solder a few times to try to make the board whole again. After sliding out the metal casing for the USB plug and snapping off the plastic housing, discovered that the slightly bent exterior hid a deeply cracked PCB. The wireless adapter in question, which came from one of his clients who accidentally bent it while it was plugged into a laptop, refused to be recognized by a computer under any circumstances. Faced with a broken USB dongle for our wireless devices, most of us would likely bin the part and order a replacement, after all the diminutive size of those things probably means hard to impossible repairability, right? Well, took it as a challenge and used the opportunity to practice his microscopic soldering skills just for funsies.
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