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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: fokker on August 25, 2012, 08:21:21 pm

Title: Scratch on my Motherboard
Post by: fokker on August 25, 2012, 08:21:21 pm: Hello,

during removing my cpu fan I made a tiny scratch with screwdriver. I have no opportunity to test it, because now I have no computer built yet. There are some pictures

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/513/p1050512b.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/p1050511e.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/p1050513m.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/p1050514r.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/p1050515z.jpg/

It is near processor, hard to access. Thank you and Ill be waiting for replies.

Lukas
Title: Re: Scratch on my Motherboard
Post by: Dark Mantis on August 25, 2012, 08:28:34 pm: Hi

You don't actually ask any question but I am assuming that you want to know if it is likely to have done any damage. If I am right there then I would say no it is fairly safe from the photos. The screwdriver hasn't actually gone all the way through the shielding varnish and so hasn't even touched the copper tracks underneath.
Title: Re: Scratch on my Motherboard
Post by: fokker on August 25, 2012, 08:32:25 pm: Oh sorry, I deleted the question during post edit. Thank you, I'll send it to service for sure.
Title: Re: Scratch on my Motherboard
Post by: Dark Mantis on August 25, 2012, 08:36:20 pm: I am sure that it doesn't really need repairing and you may get charged for wasting their time if there is no problem. I really wouldn't worry about it. ;)
Title: Re: Scratch on my Motherboard
Post by: fokker on August 25, 2012, 08:45:27 pm: I sent the same images to another forum, written in my native language, they think, it is hardly damaged and junk now. The only way is to test it, but I need to collect all components for computer. Thanks.
Title: Re: Scratch on my Motherboard
Post by: milo_cze on August 26, 2012, 12:17:39 pm: Hi. Thi is look like white paint from white marks around. Is it OK i think.
Title: Re: Scratch on my Motherboard
Post by: Dark Mantis on August 26, 2012, 01:12:44 pm: Besides if the worst case scenario happened and the tracks were indeed broken it would be a very simple repair to correct it anyway. It would only require soldering a wire across the damage section as a bridge.
Title: Re: Scratch on my Motherboard
Post by: fokker on August 26, 2012, 03:52:30 pm: Hi. I made a deep zoom by microscope to check the connections. It was very hard to set that microscope but the main thing is that, I saw a copper. I got a problem with lightning that tiny thing but it was clear visible, that some (1-2) of connections are affected. I couldn't make a photo, because my camera is too low for photograhing microscope pictures.
Title: Re: Scratch on my Motherboard
Post by: Dark Mantis on August 27, 2012, 01:01:29 pm: You can easilly check whether the connections are broken/cut by using a multimeter and see if you still have continuity.