Question Alt. Ground For Damaged Ground Pin

[Cradiak]

I was rewiring the regulator for the gamecube portable I'm working on because a couple wires broke, and I accidentally bumped a wire and the pad for the ground pin on the regulator lifted off the board.

Can I use any ground point on the regulator board and wire it to the GameCube? I was thinking of using the continuity function on my multimeter to find another ground to use.

 

[DeoNaught]

Uhh, Pic of the board? you can scratch the trace, and then solder it to that.

Most likely the thing has a ground plane, and you can just solder to that.

 

[Cradiak]

Uhh, Pic of the board? you can scratch the trace, and then solder it to that.

Most likely the thing has a ground plane, and you can just solder to that.

Sorry, shoulda put a picture with it. Here it is, I circled the pad that is damaged.

 

[DeoNaught]

Uhh, can I have a pic of bottom and top? to find more ground places(best way to find is with a multi meter)

You should be able to scratch that trace in red

for ground

 

[Cradiak]

Uhh, can I have a pic of bottom and top? to find more ground places(best way to find is with a multi meter)

You should be able to scratch that trace in red
View attachment 6454

for ground

Sure.


So I did a continuity check and some of the other pins shown, including the one directly above the damaged one, are also grounds, so I should be able to use any of those pins alternatively, right?

 

[Trozze]

Looking at the pictures, you should be able to use any of these points marked in red.

 

[Cradiak]

Looking at the pictures, you should be able to use any of these points marked in red.
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Okay, thanks!