Showerthought: I was fixing a 2018 MacBook Pro with a dead backlight and my Weller station slipped, leaving a tiny scratch on the logic board near a capacitor.

I held my breath, checked for shorts with my multimeter, and it was fine, but has anyone else had a close call like that where a simple slip could have turned a $300 repair into a total write-off?

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kevin_harris789d ago

My old Weller iron left a similar mark on a ThinkPad motherboard last year.

xena19d ago

Lower the temp on that Weller.

terry_jones9d ago

My Weller left a scar on a board that xena1 would not approve of.