My commander recently started acting up; getting really faded and resetting occasionally. Much to my horror, I found that the plug on the PFC itself, where the commander plugs in, is loose, and by pulling the connection one direction, it apparently loses contact. I completely took apart the PFC itself, but I can't see that any of the solder on the back of the board is broken. Still for some reason the little block wiggles.

ANY ideas what I can do? Will Apexi fix things like this? Surely I'm not the only one this has happened to. I was scheduled for a tuning session this Wednesday, so I'm in a panic......

Thanks in advance

 

I hate to say it but I think you're on your own here. Sometimes the solder breaks away from the board and you can fix it by resoldering it (careful not to overheat nearby components).... other times, there is another problem with a lifted trace or something elsewhere on the board, and wiggling the connector fixes it because you're flexing the board.

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Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. Fortunately it looks like a series of ghetto-rigged tie wraps puts the right pressure on it and will get me by for now. Maybe if I'm lucky, Apexi can fix it reasonably (yeahright). Or I wonder if there are people that work on circuit boards that could do something about it. I think I'm probably better off keeping MY hands off of it since it at least still runs the car.......