Voltage Regulator pads lifted up - repair OK?

[Starglider01]

Hi guys, unfortunately whilst replacing the voltage regulator in a Rev B Heavy Sixer, the 3 pads lifted off the board. Normally I'm super careful, and this isn't an excuse (I do feel bad), but there seems to be an issue with the locking pin/anchor of the heat sink on the VR. At the factory, before I touched it, it looked like they'd tried to solder the anchor to the ground trace, but the solder never took and wasn't holding the anchor at all. The anchor was loose from the board.

This meant all the strain was on the VR pins and their pads. I'm guessing that because the heat sink was dispersing the heat so fast, they couldn't successfully solder to it.

 

Anyway, I went ahead and repaired as follows using house electrical wire for 2 reasons:

1. To take the traces to their next pads
2. To add support so these 3 wires now act as sturdy legs

 

It is much stronger now, and I get solid continuity from the VR pins to their destinations. However I am having picture quality issues (keeping these threads separate in case it's a red herring), and wonder if the repair as I have carried it out, is acceptable? Can you see any reason this repair would cause issues if the continuity is good?

 

(The anchor remains unsoldered to ground because it just won't take any solder. Does it have to be grounded? Surely that wouldn't affect the picture.)

Edited September 29, 2020 by Starglider01

[Starglider01]

Update: I fixed the issue I was having and the VR repair above seems to have worked and was not the cause. ?

[hizzy]

What was the issue?

[Starglider01]

What was the issue? [emoji4]

It was something to do with this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/topic?url=https://atariage.com/forums/topic/311859-another-vcs-with-no-colour-after-composite-mod/&share_tid=311859&share_fid=4675&share_type=t&link_source=app