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Just read the whole of this thread over Christmas. Mega jealous! Current day job as a software developer leaves me missing proper hands on work. I've done 3 or 4 soldering repairs this month but I'm itching to do some more advanced board level stuff.
Looks like we'll be moving house in the next few months but as soon as that's done I'm filling out the tool set with hot air and one of these:
https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005002547115609.html
Basically it injects power to anywhere on a board and allows current to flow, and you can figure out where a short is. Can even use a thermal camera to highlight exactly which component has failed or is receiving too much current.
Especially useful for complex stuff like laptops but probably good for graphics cards too, or anything that charges. Learned about it after binging on this guy's videos:
Sorely tempted to start buying bits now but I'd only struggle to keep it all tidy before we move. I've got a laptop board with a charging/power MOSFET issue so I know what project 1 is
we could make a new one or just put all in here and move thread to gdI like repairing anything tbh
- I don't have a pad for it though 
The pad in the lot i got is apparently for an xbox S. The thing fired straight up no issues at all. I guess I need a pad to see if it will actually play a game and not die but I think it's going to be just fine tbh. Likely not in need of repair at all.
Decided to test the xbox by hooking it up to a capture card. it works and has a game in it
Will just leave the thread as it is for now and throw everything in here, if it gets PC parts heavy or starts drifting miles away from consoles ill shout and get it moved.
sounds good to me
on a side note, what do you use if anything to get minor scratches out of plastic, i use a bit of polish then wd40 to get the shine, some scratches are a nightmare
got a psp on route now too not loading umd and tempermental power button
there is a potentiometer on the laser that should be set to a resistance of around 3.7ohms - The one in this xbox had been fiddled with and somebody set it to the max setting of around 5 ohms which could very well mean I need a new laser but I'm not sure yet.
came with some cables too for attaching if needed. Also charging cable as built in battery.
The dongle is literally a license that's all it does it does nothing active in playing a DVD.
Mine came with one
Nice, I bought the one that has the metal pads you can solder smd's onto. ill show you the chepo one I got when it gets here
oohh didn’t notice the other did smd, hot sure I’ll get prongs on anything that small, how much was the other as this was only £22. I may have to get both
its called LCR-T4You really should start a pc thread -‘this ones been amazing ^^
data sheets around for most parts and schematics for others , start with somthing easy . Old nintendos are easiest I’ve done . Sega like to make more of a challenge 
