Well the deed is half done ... I got all 11 of them out and as my luck (or lack of skill) would have it, I actually did manage to rip out one pad :disapprove: ...the one for C5 (negative). The rest are intact and look pretty good.
I managed to clean it all up figuring it was hopeless when I noticed the tiny sliver dot through the hole in the board where the pad for C5 (neg) attaches. Again, I cleaned it out and grabbed a small piece of very thin, hard wire my wife uses for beading bracelets and stuff....I tinned one end of the wire with solder, popped it in the hole and heated up the wire with the iron. It was a perfect fit and held tight onto the dot...So I'm HOPING I've made a decent contact with which to connect C5 (neg).
I managed to clean it all up figuring it was hopeless when I noticed the tiny sliver dot through the hole in the board where the pad for C5 (neg) attaches. Again, I cleaned it out and grabbed a small piece of very thin, hard wire my wife uses for beading bracelets and stuff....I tinned one end of the wire with solder, popped it in the hole and heated up the wire with the iron. It was a perfect fit and held tight onto the dot...So I'm HOPING I've made a decent contact with which to connect C5 (neg).