Probably Damaged My Treadmill’s Circuit Board. Any Help?
Hello,
There is a problem with my treadmill. I went in because I wanted to silence the beeper inside the treadmill, which was making a very annoying and loud sound every time I switched on the device, selected a program or increased/decreased the speed and inclination.
So I located where the sound was coming from, unscrewed the screws holding the cover, and covered the beeper with a glue. It lowered the noise the beeper was making but not sufficiently, so I also wanted to cover it with a duct tape. There was some adhesive on the board next to the beeper (actually there are many drops of adhesive spread around the board), so I wanted to remove that drop of adhesive right next to the beeper using a very tiny screwdriver so that I would be able to wrap the duct tape around it, but in doing so I scratched the surface of the board and probably damaged it, because now when I try to turn the treadmill on, it doesn’t turn on properly and I can’t click on any of the buttons in order to select a program etc. (they don’t respond). The light beneath the buttons does turn on, but I can’t do anything with it, also the beeper now makes no sound at all and all I can hear is some strange "clicking" sound coming from the board. It sounds like the ticking of a clock (a tick every half a second or so).
Here are some images I made:
I know I am a stupid idiot and that I should not do this kind of stuff when I don’t really understand what I’m doing, but is there any way the board could be repaired, or is a replacement of the entire board with the help of a technician my only option now?