No, not as bad as that. (Sorry, poor description )

The tab, from the pin I mentioned, gets soldered onto the m/b. But, the copper where it's supposed to be soldered onto has "disappeared" (previous owner's repair, I suspect). But, looking at my own Empeg, this bit of copper doesn't lead to anywhere else on the m/b. So, what I'm wondering is if anyone knows whether this pin is used on the IDE cable, or whether I'm chasing a red herring by attempting to repair the missing copper.

Hope that makes sense?