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Originally Posted by paul1981
My rev.1A board has that, well...it used to. I accidentally caught the wire with a hard drive or ribbon or something earlier this year and it snapped the pin clean off and flush with the chip edge. Not sure if I will be able to solder it back on. I'm thinking perhaps not. Mine is a blue wire.
The 1200 is dead without it - you just get a black screen and no boot.
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Ouch! If you fancy the obvious risk of further damage, I've managed to recover chips with legs broken off flush with the casing before by carefully drilling away the casing in the area. The plastic is much larger than the die, so you've a bit of breathing room to expose some more metal and solder a makeshift pin. With removable chips, the risk is just to the chip's chances of recovery, but unless you're also removing Budgie, doing it in place carries the additional risk of the drill slipping and tearing up a few dozen traces...