Originally posted by: Ichinisan
Those are grounded anchoring tabs. Not electrical traces. That's the perfect spot to hold it down.
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Oh. You mean the underside. Yeah, it's still pretty easy to do that if you're not careless.
I get that you and your brother work on that type of thing regularly, but you're being awfully flippant about drilling a very small hole next to some very tiny traces. Yeah, people shouldn't be careless, but this is clearly an example where someone probably ought to have experience and confidence in their ability to pull it off. Inferring, "Well, it's easy to do
if you don't suck" isn't necessary and definitely doesn't endear you to most. Most folks with little or no solder experience will be able to take one look and know they're out of their depth; most folks who work on these types of things regularly are still going to pause pretty hard when looking at precisely where those two holes are. Is it relatively easily fixable if you break the trace (which bunnyboy recommends doing)? Sure. But a lot of folks on here (and elsewhere, I'd imagine) would prefer to have everything as 100% factory, unrepaired, etc. as possible. No need to simultaneously humblebrag on your own skills and subtly put down others'.