ClearCoat on mobo?

[Philgag]

Hey, while messing in my computer I scratched the mobo with my nail... it left a little white trail over some circuits near the floppy connector..., however, I have fired the beast back on, ran it for days, played games, Even changed my PCI card places in different configuration and everything is working perfecly... so I guess I just scratched the clearcoat or something, right?

thanks

 

[jsmckenna45431]

If it was your fingernail, it is most likely the chitin from your nail that left the line rather that a true scratch on the PCB. Considering that fingernails aren't that conductive, you're probably going to be O.K. You could probably be very careful and try to remove it, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you are compitent in electronics. If everything is working fine, why mess with it?


Jeff

 

[jamarno]

Don't worry about it because no harm was done unless you cut all the way through a copper trace. The clear coating is there to prevent solder from sticking to the copper and causing shorts.

 

[Wind]

Unless ur nail is as hard as a screwdriver...otherwise...dun bother.

 

[gogeeta13]

Thats nothing, I scratched a huge chunk outa my k7s5a , exposed a huge amount of gold, luckiy, there were no traces, it is just a big empty spot where the traces would normally be on a MOBO with a separeate NB and SB..

 

[hwstock]

jsmckenna45431:


<< If it was your fingernail, it is most likely the chitin from your nail that left the line rather that a true scratch on the PCB. Considering that fingernails aren't that conductive, you're probably going to be O.K. You could probably be very careful and try to remove it, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you are compitent in electronics. If everything is working fine, why mess with it? >>



Man, if he has chitin in his fingernails, he's one scary dude! (Chitin in normally found in crustaceans and some other arthropods. But his claws might be good with drawn butter.)

Wind:


<< Unless ur nail is as hard as a screwdriver...otherwise...dun bother. >>



Now you're really freakin' me! On Moh's hardness scale, a fingernail rates 2.5, and a screwdriver is from 5.5 to 6. Sounds like you're saying that Philgag is some sort of lobster-- Edward Scissorhands mutant!

;^) Happy Holidays to all.

 

[Wind]

<< Wind:
Unless ur nail is as hard as a screwdriver...otherwise...dun bother.

Now you're really freakin' me! On Moh's hardness scale, a fingernail rates 2.5, and a screwdriver is from 5.5 to 6. Sounds like you're saying that Philgag is some sort of lobster-- Edward Scissorhands mutant!

;^) Happy Holidays to all. >>


LOL. Merry Xmas to u.