I was fixing my xbox 360rrod and scratched the motherboard. Is this ok? I have no clue what to do. Also no one in my town knows what arctic 5 thermal paste is and I have tried to get it everywhere here. SEE PICS BELOW
On the top picture, it doesn't look like you've done any damage. Hopefully, the scratch on the bottom pic is just a surface scratch and didn't sever any traces (lines). The only way to know is to finish doing the RROD repair, and put the 360 back together and test it. Good Luck!
Originally posted by BillB: On the top picture, it doesn't look like you've done any damage.
Scroll over to the right and look at the broken line
oh... I missed that on the top picture. I did the same thing to mine. I tried to use a conductive silver pen to fix the traces, but was unsuccessful. You might have more luck than I did. Those traces are so darn small. It's too hard to try to use solder because of how close the 2 lines are together.
Quote:oh... I missed that on the top picture. I did the same thing to mine. I tried to use a conductive silver pen to fix the traces, but was unsuccessful. You might have more luck than I did. Those traces are so darn small. It's too hard to try to use solder because of how close the 2 lines are together.
Quote:oh... I missed that on the top picture. I did the same thing to mine. I tried to use a conductive silver pen to fix the traces, but was unsuccessful. You might have more luck than I did. Those traces are so darn small. It's too hard to try to use solder because of how close the 2 lines are together.
Where can I get one of these pens?
I found mine on ebay. I think I paid around $15 shipped. Look for the very, very fine tip. The one that I got was too thick and I ran out of patience trying to do it. You can wipe it off before it dries if you mess up. I tried so many times that I just gave up.
