Is there a way to repair orange ribbon cables

The Zydeco King · Post by **The Zydeco King** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:07 pm

You guys know how most (if not all) screens have orange ribbon cables with super micro traces that send the power to activate the pixels on the screen. Well is there any way to repair some broken traces on a ribbon cable. Iâ€™ve searched the web and canâ€™t find any help.

tjlenz · Post by **tjlenz** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:39 pm

I dont know if there is but taking a look at a few my guess would be its more work than its worth. If you are going to do it i would say replace the whole thing, then you will at least have boards to work with.

Felino · Post by **Felino** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:06 pm

Try using a conductive marker. Google it.

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:19 pm

It is next to impossible unless you are an ace at micro-soldering with a magnifying glass. A conductive pen won't work.

And just a FYI , they are called FFC's or Flat Flexible Cable.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:32 pm

How about gently rubbing away a strip of the plastic layer from two pieces of the ribbon (each damaged part), pressing them together and taping them down??

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:35 pm

You can't really "repair" them, persay, unless you're a damn good solderer and have the right equipment. Though if you can solder SMD, you can always just redo the wiring by hand, though it'd be extremely hard as well. Your best bet is probably to go to somewhere like DigiKey and find a replacement/extended ribbon cable for your specific pin count and pitch, they may have it. Good luck!

CTFan

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:02 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:You can't really "repair" them, persay, unless you're a damn good solderer and have the right equipment. Though if you can solder SMD, you can always just redo the wiring by hand, though it'd be extremely hard as well. Your best bet is probably to go to somewhere like DigiKey and find a replacement/extended ribbon cable for your specific pin count and pitch, they may have it. Good luck!

CTFan

CTFan makes some good points. Your best bet is to look for a pin and pitch equal replacement... they're usually not some kind of crazy proprietary thing. Soldering jumper wires from the SMD jacks that the FFCs plug into is your second best option. Nice advice, CTFan! It was hard not to paraphrase you! ...I guess I kinda did anyway.