Turned my SCX2 into a SCXD on accident :(

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honyock
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While cleaning my office up and rearranging my area I accidentally hit my USB cable I had connected to the Fender SCX2 head and the dang jack popped off the PCB in what I have found is a somewhat common occurrence with these amps.

Now I need to see if I can get the dang chassis out without wrecking anything to replace the SMD USB Jack (wish i could make a remote mounted setup that I could wire a remote mounted jack that is a bit more robust.

Would have been a lot nicer if Fender had made it easier to remove the PCB from the looks of it. There is a lot of crap to deal with just to get the PCB free and the. I need to hope it didn't damage the pads of the smaller PCB that is the interface with the main PCB.

If not, I better hope I like the settings I had last or I need to do a factory reset (if i don't...)

Unless Fender sells replacement parts and I can find the right info.

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BatUtilityBelt
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Yup. Surface mounted jacks are just a pain, whether USB, phone, whatever. I cracked an aux-in jack the same way and it broke the board instead of just the solder points. Luckily, all that broke was the aux-in, and the rest of the amp still works. I'd give extra points to any manufacturer that didn't use surface mount jacks for that reason.
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I’m pretty sure this is what happened to my HeadRush Gigboard modeler (twice) as well - though I don’t remember any specific impact event.
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