BoardView Reader guides

Step by step, the moves of the repair bench: link the schematic, import a board, follow a net, compare your diode mode readings and find a part on a donor board.

Link a PDF schematic to its boardview

Attach a motherboard's PDF schematic to its boardview in BoardView Reader: from the board, from the library or at import, and what to do when the schematic won't link.

Import a boardview: files, archives and folders

How to add a boardview to BoardView Reader (BRD, BDV, CAD, PCB XZZ, FZ, TVW…), on its own, in a ZIP or RAR archive or as a folder, and why a file may be refused.

Find a component and follow a power rail

Find a component (U7700, C1234…) or a net (PP3V3, PPBUS…) on a boardview with BoardView Reader, follow the whole net in one tap and switch between sides.

Diode mode readings: compare with a good board

Record your multimeter diode mode readings in BoardView Reader, compare them with a good board and spot a short or an open line, with CSV export.

Find the same part on a donor board

With BoardView Reader, find a component of the same value and package on your other boards, to take it from a donor board.

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