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Nintendo Game Boy Advance, released in 2001. Repair requires only common tools and no heat.

Pads to solder don't exist

Hi team,

I have a problem, I have no where to add solder... Two middle pads are not there. I tried to add solder there but didn't work.

It's a gameboy advance board and power switch component. Is there a solución for this?

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Hi!

Those pads are damaged and are gone. Looks like someone else tried to repair this already and used too much heat. Or tried to remove it while there was still solder on it and so the pads broke.

The only way to fix this, is to trace the traces and repair them. Make a new trace to the power switch and that should do the trick. Only thing is, is that this will take time and it's not easy to do.

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