Someone with electronics knowledge help

[redfoxer]

Hi all,

I've accidentally chiped some component on my 360 motherboard and to be honest I have no engineering background and have no idea what i've did. All I know is it hit the thing with a screw driver and it seems to have "popped" off at one of the soldered edges.

Any idea's on how to fix this? I'm guessing a soldering iron or something and melt it back in to place but will this fix it? I really don't know or own a soldering iron or the metal pieces that it melts.

Sorry if I sound pretty confused/stupid. As you can tell, i'm pretty much out of my depth since i knocked off a component somehow.

Thanks in advance,

Henry

 

[redfoxer]

Cool, thanks for the advice guys. Was trying to fix the xbox since it got the red rings and is out of warranty. Figured, why not? Lol. Turns out this is why!

I think some of the green of the motherboard has come off with some of the capacitor although there is definately still some metal on the other side still on the motherboard. Hope this doesn't affect anything?

Once again, extremely appriciative of the reply guys.

 

[redfoxer]

After "wiki"ing what a ground plane is, I think you are right. The problem I was getting after realising I had chipped that capacitor when turning on the xbox was 0003 xbox error code, which apparently translate to a "unclean" power supply or something to that effect so looks like we're right on the money here!

I will get myself a soldering iron and try to solder the capacitor back onto the board. Thanks again all who responded. Will let you know how it goes.

Big thumbs up (y).

Henry

 

[redfoxer]

Thanks for the tip. I was in fact thinking of getting a cheap 4.99 solder purely just for this one fix. I don't think I'll be soldering much after fixing this. I do have one worry though, will the heat from the solder damage te capacitor? It looks like the solder will be right next to the capacitor for a short while if I have to heat up the metal already on the leg and board.