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Has anyone ever used a circuitwriter pen or something similar to repair some traces on a mb? Did it work? Business is slow right now so I'm just finding somthing to do. Found an old mb p200 and some of the traces are messed up, just wanted to see if I could get it to work.
I've never used one of those, but I have had to repair broken traces before. Depending on how many traces you have to repair and how close together they are, you might be able to fix them with a screwdriver and some solder.
I always use the screwdriver to scratch the green stuff off the board, then bridge the trace with a very light coat of solder. Never tried it on a pc motherboard tho, the traces might be a little too small and close together for that method to work.
You can repair broken or burnt runs with clipped off resistor leads or something similar such as capacitor leads. "Tin" the remaining, good runs by flowing solder onto them...then, lay the resistor lead onto the run and heat it up with your iron. If you did it right, the end result will actually be stronger than the original run.
Practicing on that old mobo would be ideal. Good Luck!
All depends on how serious damages are...
Usually I use very thin wires taken from stranded wire (which usually comes in PVC insulation).
Sometimes it is not even needed - small scratches (from screw driver, for example) can be fixed by soldering iron, solder and rosin flux (!) ... yes, rosin flux is very important part here anyway...
I wouldn't trust any "conductive pen" - they are not enough reliable for repaing motherboards and having high enough resistance... For repairing keyboards - yes, but not for motherboards... :rolleyes: