Fixing the USB on my SCX2
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2022 11:33 pm
Finally fixed the USB connection on my Super Champ X2, something Fender should have done instead of the terrible USB PCB design they did originally...
I installed a USB port like one would see on a Boat or some other outdoor type installation, connected directly to the pins instead of SMD BULLCRAP.
So now I have a chassis mounted USB jack, that is pretty much bulletproof.
Please ignore my horrible use of solder. I got lazy after the Nth time desoldering when I realized I should break out the DMM to do a continuity check and found I bridged the pads on the stupid USB PCB. Didn't feel like cleaning up the ugly solder after I removed the extra connectors that I didn't need because I was reading the schematic wrong...
This is hopefully the last repair on this amp (did the power switch back when I first bought it in early 2020).
I installed a USB port like one would see on a Boat or some other outdoor type installation, connected directly to the pins instead of SMD BULLCRAP.
So now I have a chassis mounted USB jack, that is pretty much bulletproof.
Please ignore my horrible use of solder. I got lazy after the Nth time desoldering when I realized I should break out the DMM to do a continuity check and found I bridged the pads on the stupid USB PCB. Didn't feel like cleaning up the ugly solder after I removed the extra connectors that I didn't need because I was reading the schematic wrong...
