Thread: Problems with N900 USB port becoming broken / loose and resulting warranty & repair issues
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colnago is offline colnago
2010-01-07 , 17:36
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#164
Originally Posted by Nexus7 View Post
I wonder if a glob of epoxy around the surface mount would provide adequate stress relief. Is there anything in the vicinity that would be adversely affected? The opening is barely bigger than the port itself, so this would involve dis-assembly.
Problem is that all the support is on the bottom, on the board, and nothing from the sides nor above. I was thinking of putting a gob of silicon or rubber cement above the port, to brace it against the housing that sits above it.