He actually contacted me before attempting as it was already bricked. According to what I can see in the other thread he posted, I would have to remove some epoxy to get to the trace.
Yeah, I was ready to ship it off when the Internet convinced me that it would be easy to do on my own. If you think this is salvageable, I'd gladly pay whatever the hassle is worth. As it stands, my console is 100% hosed at the moment because I tried something I shouldn't have.