Sweet. I don't mind losing one switch.
And about the part... Yeah.
I didn't attempt to solder it back on (that would have been ugly) so I tried to super glue it back on (the leads were still sticking off the IC.) It would have worked, had I placed it right the first time. I missed a little bit, so I had to use some acetone to remove the part (we didn't have straight up acetone, so I used PVC primer, which contains acetone, but it also purple.) So that part of the board has a purple hue to it (I can post pictures if anyone is interested...
) I then tried this process again. I actually glued it in the right place, I turned it on, everything was cool, but then one of the legs of the IC broke off (must have been bent one to many time... that thing is TINY) Then I tried looking the part up (Z66F... Good luck with that one) with no avail. My hope was to find it was 2 or 4 diodes, something i could just find more of and solder in place. I could never find the part, so I couldn't do this.
Long story short, thank you Mike and Cross the Road INC. You guys rock. This is a very nifty device, and I'm glad you will replace it. It will be of course no problem to return the board, and the purple stuff can be scraped off (I promise. I almost finished doing this today, but I got caught up in somehting else. I'll finish tomorrow.)
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Originally Posted by whytheheckme
One suggestion to Cross the Road; Mounting holes. There is no good way to mount your board without using the DB15 connector or drilling out the mounts on the DB15 connector (something I DID NOT do, but starting to wonder if I will on the new one...) The only other way to mount it is using zip ties or glue !?... It's a double sided board though, so that wouldn't be too cool.
Again, thanks for the help,
Jacob
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Actually the locking threads on the DB15 connector can, and are intended to be used as mounting holes. If you screw a #4-40 screw into each side of the connector while it is pluged into the O/I, it will ensure that the Chicklet will not come disconnected from the O/I. Thank you for your suggestions and good luck this year.