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Title: TOO FUNNY!!
Post by: luison on April 19, 2010, 02:02:50 PM

(http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/4818/axonbroken.jpg) (http://img395.imageshack.us/i/axonbroken.jpg/)

no, it hasn't fuc**ng grace.  >:(

Title: Re: TOO FUNNY!!
Post by: SmAsH on April 19, 2010, 02:48:08 PM

Ahah Hahahaha. Explain?

Title: Re: TOO FUNNY!!
Post by: Cristi_Neagu on April 19, 2010, 03:38:58 PM

Did you by any chance ripped the USB port off of your axon? I was wondering how sturdy that thing is...

Title: Re: TOO FUNNY!!
Post by: luison on April 20, 2010, 01:31:50 AM

Quote from: SmAsH on April 19, 2010, 02:48:08 PM

Ahah Hahahaha. Explain?

The connector was bad soldering (i think). I have a 3m extension USB cable and NEVER twist the connector... now i have to buy the pololu programmer  :P

Title: Re: TOO FUNNY!!
Post by: TK on April 23, 2010, 06:55:27 PM

Any possibility of re soldering it back?  i haven't tried so i wouldn't know....

Title: Re: TOO FUNNY!!
Post by: Admin on April 27, 2010, 12:16:38 AM

wtf thats a new one! lol

Looks like it didn't solder on properly during manufacture, but held on well enough I didn't notice during quality checks.

Anyway, this is an easy repair. Set your soldering iron to max, and use tweezers to hold the USB connector in place. Push it down as the solder melts. Its a 5 minute job, really. Just make sure the 5 pins aren't shorted when you solder them back on.