Hi,
I have a faulty ZIF socket, I get erratic connection - removing and re - plugging in sorts this temporarily, but after several days it loses connection again.
A 'chip decoder' has been in the socket for sometime - this has a 'thicker' male end that fits in the ZIF, instead of the very thin 'ribbon/flat cable' it was originally designed for. You could tell this was a bad fit as the plastic bar when pushed down looked bowed in the middle.
I have taken a nail file to try make the decoders PCB material thinner, but the problem still exists, the chip decoder is much thicker than the cable - and I suspect the 'prongs' inside have become bent back.
Does anyone know of a way to fix this, apart from replacing the ZIF connector, I assume you would need specialist soldering equipment to do that.
Here is an image of the offending ZIF connector (the one soldered to the PCB):
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b633/b...zpsb104090a.jpg
I have a faulty ZIF socket, I get erratic connection - removing and re - plugging in sorts this temporarily, but after several days it loses connection again.
A 'chip decoder' has been in the socket for sometime - this has a 'thicker' male end that fits in the ZIF, instead of the very thin 'ribbon/flat cable' it was originally designed for. You could tell this was a bad fit as the plastic bar when pushed down looked bowed in the middle.
I have taken a nail file to try make the decoders PCB material thinner, but the problem still exists, the chip decoder is much thicker than the cable - and I suspect the 'prongs' inside have become bent back.
Does anyone know of a way to fix this, apart from replacing the ZIF connector, I assume you would need specialist soldering equipment to do that.
Here is an image of the offending ZIF connector (the one soldered to the PCB):
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b633/b...zpsb104090a.jpg