He already said he fried the board resulting in that solder blob:
First post:
Mine didn't need the smoke generator to work because it did this....
and second post:
Then I put the tracks on and I had smoke not only from the smoker but also from the board - note the blobby solder on the right hand chip in the second photo.
HL Rookie, hard to say based upon one experience, but it might be too soon to call these boards a useful upgrade.
D.