Hi guys. Yesterday my monomachine got the frozen startup issue. I figured out how to resolve this, and i found a loose connector. Now it fully works again!! However i discovered that the previous owner have done a major mistake when unscrewing the board: it looks like one of the circuits below the volume and tempo are broken. Could any of you please have a look at my pictures to confirm this and / or provide me with some steps to repair this. It must be said the machine fully works, so im quite not sure if i should do anything about it. Thanks in advance
What do you mean, it is broken ? From the pictures, I would say the soldering seems still ok, I can’t see any crackles.
The down view is not very clear, could you do another picture with some external lighting?
Best would be to ask Elektron support I guess.
Do you mean the copper trace that seem’s to be damaged and split by a sharp object?
yes
Try to measure if there’s about 0 ohms resistance between the 2 with the machine turned off. Use a cheap multimeter. Although before resoldering it (piece of bare wire on top with a tiny bit of solder) i would check Elektron. Very occasionally pcb’s are corrected manually if a batch contained a designersflaw.
Doesn’t look like professional work though.
It looks like a ground plane is scratched so it shouldn’t cause any problems. You can conceal it if you are worried about corrosion (very unlikely). I wouldn’t be bothered though.
thanks, how do i measure it? haha sorry im a bit n00b, but i have a multimeter
ah ok, thank you so much, may i ask what is the best way to conceal it?
yes!
I wonder if that whole square is just ground and just darker but anything but broken.
there are different concealers on the market. search for: Conformal Coating
Ok so I shouldnt worry?
to check if it is ground check continuity (with multimeter) between exposed area (scratch) and any ground point
depends on how pedantic you are
in technical terms you are ok, if you are after having things done properly i would coat it
I just want it to work and not blow up in my face
that will not happen
on a side note, soldering job is not very clean
hehe ok thank you. yeah even i can see that, but it is been a long time since i bought it second hand.
do you know about any good step by step guide to check continuity with the multimeter?