Mass Spec PCB Repair?

[mburleson]

Hello,

Does anyone know of a company that offers repairs on PCBs? I've got a Thermo Quantum Ultra MS that is eating PCBs. I've tried Global Electronic Services (https://gesrepair.com/), but haven't had much luck even with me sending them the schematics of each PCB I've attempted to have them repair.

Thanks!

[70 eV]

I feel like if you're constantly burning out boards calling in a service tech would be a better use of funds.

[mburleson]

I feel like if you're constantly burning out boards calling in a service tech would be a better use of funds.

The cost I have been quoted is outrageous for a university. They want $31k. What happens is that the diagnostics show an issue with one PCB, and when I replace it another one then faults. The engineer I was emailing, before they stopped replying, said “I’ve had to replace every PCB in that model just to get them to behave before.”

I have a guy in California I know with the same system who's loaned me PCB by PCB to figure out which one is acting up.