First post, by rjbrown99
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I have a Gigabyte GA-486US motherboard, which was used in the first computer I owned way back when 😀
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/gigabyte-ga-486us
I found a second one on eBay recently but it appears to have some damage. Next to the processor slot there are some motherboard traces that were gouged, probably when an old CPU was pulled. They are next to the CPU socket and are quite small - see attached photo.
My question is this: it appears that to restore this board, microsoldering would be required. To anyone who has done repairs like this, what do you think the level of effort or skill would be? Asking as I'm minimally capable of soldering - I can for example solder in the headers on a Raspberry Pi Zero. But I've never done anything that small, and after watching a few videos on iFixit I'm not convinced I can do it.
If your answer is "it would be hard, but doable for someone who is experienced with microsoldering" - are there any services you might recommend who could do this on my behalf? Or do you think it's damaged beyond repair?
Thanks!