Broken contact

Broken contact
I was working on getting a usb connector onto my camera and when i was soldering a wire onto the second contact the gold tab came off and now i cannot connect to my computer. Are there any other places i can solder a contact on to bypass my problem? Thanks for the help.

How did you loose a contact do you have a picture of it

As i was soldering it i heated solder onto the contact and then when i pulled my soldering iron away the gold tab came with it. I'll try to get some pictures

http://corbet.info/contactpicture.htm here is a picture of the contact. I took the picture with my webcam so its not a very high quality picture but i hope it helps.

is there part of the foil partern just past were it came of. If so take a little sharp knife scrap the green protective coating and soder your D+ to tha as long as its was connected to that contact.

as i scraped it away i noticed there are two copper leads in front of it there is one that is thin and leads up towards the top tab and there is a small "dot" that doesnt lead anywhere. Which of the two is the right one?

the one towards the tab if the dot dont go no ware then dont soder to it

well i connected all but that one to my computer and plugged it in and it worked when i connected the last wire to that dot but didn't work when i connected it to the other contact. but that dot is too small to solder to and i was wondering if there is any other place i can solder to.

then connect it to the dot then!

I belive it is a double layer board so if the lead stops and goes no where it is going to the other side of the board. and both data lines go to L5.......I think

can you get a drip of solder on the dot

Zac do you have any ideas if it was me i would try to get a little drip of solder on the dot then he could solder the wire on it. but after that i would silcone it so it wont move

no i cant drip solder on the dot its really really small, and ive looked at the other side but i cant see where it goes.

do you have a fine tip iron? if so put it on the little dot then apply solder with your iron still on the dot and tha should give you a spot to solder to cause i just did it my self to see if it could be done and it works

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