Vince's Repair Thread - (Console Repairs & Mods)

Timber said:
EDIT: Tried to capture the stick I did remove but it looks like the middle of the 3-pins for the left sensor now has a burnt pad (for want of better term) and so is this board a lost concern?
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Should still be fixable. You can see the track it's connected to, so in theory you can just remove some of the solder mask to expose the copper and solder it there. Definitely not toast yet.

Vince said:
Front to back unedited ps5 pad hall effect upgrade.
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Your hot air takes them off so much quicker :eek: than the cheap 858d, although that could just be a skill issue on my part.
 
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Armadillo said:
Should still be fixable. You can see the track it's connected to, so in theory you can just remove some of the solder mask to expose the copper and solder it there. Definitely not toast yet.
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OK, it also looks like solder is sticking to the left of the hole so should make electrical contact there. I'll not give up on this board then.
 
Vince said:
Personal opinion is to avoid the 2 in 1 solutions as they seem to do two things badly rather than one thing well and if it breaks two things break.
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Yea, understood.

There's also a simple combined soldering gun & sucker Yihua sell for £35 but I'm not sure that's going to work as well. I still haven't been able to find that knack for using a solder sucker and breaking those first two Dualshock 4 boards has made me evaluate options. I know I've got to spend something to upgrade my soldering iron and I suppose the budget heat guns and solder irons are cheap enough that you could run them in tandem with this unit as a desoldering gun only, but again might be getting even sillier for my usecase.

I found one channel on Youtube (Retro Computing Reboot) who did a review of the unit 6-months in, working on old 8-bit computers. Claimed to have used it for 3-4 hours a week, but cruicially mentions that it does the one job it's meant to do very well of removing the solder. Although technically his review is on the non-I version without the soldering gun.

I did notice there's a sale tomorrow, so will see if anything comes down in price and make a decision then. Again thank you for the guidance.

EDIT: Just found Yihua sell the 948 desoldering gun for £115 atm. This is the non-2-in-1 version. So I would just need a competent soldering iron to go with it.
 
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Timber said:
Yea, understood.

There's also a simple combined soldering gun & sucker Yihua sell for £35 but I'm not sure that's going to work as well. I still haven't been able to find that knack for using a solder sucker and breaking those first two Dualshock 4 boards has made me evaluate options. I know I've got to spend something to upgrade my soldering iron and I suppose the budget heat guns and solder irons are cheap enough that you could run them in tandem with this unit as a desoldering gun only, but again might be getting even sillier for my usecase.

I found one channel on Youtube (Retro Computing Reboot) who did a review of the unit 6-months in, working on old 8-bit computers. Claimed to have used it for 3-4 hours a week, but cruicially mentions that it does the one job it's meant to do very well of removing the solder. Although technically his review is on the non-I version without the soldering gun.

I did notice there's a sale tomorrow, so will see if anything comes down in price and make a decision then. Again thank you for the guidance.

EDIT: Just found Yihua sell the 948 desoldering gun for £115 atm. This is the non-2-in-1 version. So I would just need a competent soldering iron to go with it.
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My iron is like £30 :)
 
New toy!!!



My coffee was getting cold so used it to confirm... yep cold coffee!



and im also still alive so thats good!

 
Vince said:
My iron is like £30 :)
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Yep I saw it linked earlier in the thread.

So I'm leaning towards your soldering iron plus the Yihua 948 (non-all-in-one) for £115. Total just over £140. Not sure the soldering iron will get discounted for the spring sale but I can wait for a few hours.

I've ordered a small amount (50g) of 60/40 solder from eBay too. So I might be getting to the point of competent tools. Whether me as the operator can get to that level is another thing..
 
Timber said:
Yep I saw it linked earlier in the thread.

So I'm leaning towards your soldering iron plus the Yihua 948 (non-all-in-one) for £115. Total just over £140. Not sure the soldering iron will get discounted for the spring sale but I can wait for a few hours.

I've ordered a small amount (50g) of 60/40 solder from eBay too. So I might be getting to the point of competent tools. Whether me as the operator can get to that level is another thing..
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You got this, the thread believes!! yes we do!!!

Go a link to the solder? Ive tried a lot of ebay solder and most arent 60/40 at all... or anything like it. I know good solder and im yet to find it on ebay. Which is why I now have this £50 roll of weller lol
 
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Ooh, could do with a thermal camera to find the many issues with our house :p.

@Vince that video was great, you made it look so much easier than my effort but I was nice to know clearing solder takes a bit of effort. Must get some decent flux and lead solder, looks so much cleaner than the cheap stuff I have that may have actually come from Maplins.
 
Haha so today I issued a bounty to my discord.. make me an app that allows me to calibrate Xbox one / elite 1 and Xbox 360 pads. I set the initial bounty at a new 3ds and £100 cash. The bounty is now a 3ds, £100 cash and $100 cash with further community commitments coming in. Knew this discord would be useful for something :cry:

Let's see if they can make it happen.
 
Vince said:
You got this, the thread believes!! yes we do!!!

Go a link to the solder? Ive tried a lot of ebay solder and most arent 60/40 at all... or anything like it. I know good solder and im yet to find it on ebay. Which is why I now have this £50 roll of weller lol
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I've probably gone wrong but I went with this because I recognised the Duratool brand as their PCB holder I recently purchased is actually quite well made and packaged. That was my logic. I did find that Weller roll like yours at £27 but it's way too much for me.
 
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Timber said:
I've probably gone wrong but I went with this because I recognised the brand as the Duratool PCB holder I recently purchased is actually quite well made and packaged. And wasn't as cheap as some of the others. I did find that Weller roll like yours at £27 but it's way too much for me.
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So not shocking but not "good"... Should do you ok.



I actually compared cross sections under my scope of my old 30 year old roll that I was dreading finishing and a load of others... Nothing compares or comes close to that 30 year old reel... You seemingly can't buy stuff that good anymore

I have kept about a meter of the old stuff, that stuff is bloody awesome. Not even the Weller stuff compares.
 
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Vince said:
So not shocking but not "good"... Should do you ok.

I actually compared cross sections under my scope of my old 30 year old roll that I was dreading finishing and a load of others... Nothing compares or comes close to that 30 year old reel... You seemingly can't buy stuff that good anymore

I have kept about a meter of the old stuff, that stuff is bloody awesome. Not even the Weller stuff compares.
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Good to hear I didn't go totally wrong. Beyond using solder before de-soldering I've still actually got to get to the bit where I can actually solder in new components.

I did find some examples where the labeling looked old; like this and this too. So it sounds like age is potentially a good thing if buying 60/40 solder, but I didn't know if incorrect storage might be an issue.
 
Timber said:
Good to hear I didn't go totally wrong. Beyond using solder before de-soldering I've still actually got to get to the bit where I can actually solder in new components.

I did find some examples where the labeling looked old; like this and this too. So it sounds like age is potentially a good thing if buying 60/40 solder, but I didn't know if incorrect storage might be an issue.
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Unlikely mine was stored wherever and was given to me as almost a complete roll some 25 years ago... Stuff was next level.

Look at the price on that oouf...

When it comes to solder old stuff is good stuff.
 
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Vince said:
Unlikely mine was stored wherever and was given to me as almost a complete roll some 25 years ago... Stuff was next level.

Look at the price on that oouf...

When it comes to solder old stuff is good stuff.
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Good to know. Yep very expensive, but large amounts.
 
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