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Hey! I found that the battery connector on my iPod classic 7th gen was loose/unattached. Sadly I didn’t notice until I tried to undo the brown latch for the battery connector. I ripped the pads right off with the battery connector. I ordered a new battery connector, but can I attach it with the Sauder pads missing? I will attach pictures of the contacts. Thanks, Cal
The missing pads look like it goes to nothing and it’s just a support pad that will appear as an NC point on the schematics, so you MIGHT be okay. Since they aren’t on obvious groundplane where it may be an issue, you will probably be fine. If it turns out they are critical, get a circuit repair pen and scrape some of the solder mask off of the board, and make a new pad with a rework pen. It doesn’t always work, but once the damage is done it’s worth a shot since you need a new board anyway. That pen is availble in a few types, but the CW2200MTP is the best fit for this. The others can be found here.
