New at soldering need tips

[Blakejansen]

I am looking for tips on how to pull off my first RGH successfully. Do I tin the point that I want to solder to first, let it cool off, and then solder the wire onto the tinned point? Anyone here that can provide great detail as to how to pull the solder off from your perspective would really be helping me out. I have read and watched plenty of guides. Nothing like getting an explanation from someone that has done it in the past.

 

[Jokey_Carrot]

Flux is your friend, use leaded solder with a medium size tip (small enough not to knock off components, but still big enough to transfer heat effectively) and the iron at around 320-380. Tin the pad, tin the wire, add flux to the pad, hold the wire onto the pad then use your soldering iron to reflow the existing solder on the wire and pad, attaching them together. I'm sure others will chime in with their own advice, but my number one recommendation is to practice on some scrap boards first.

 

[icantfly]

look m8, i did it sucessfully 1st try and i'm ngl it was kinda scary, even removing the xclamp can damage the board, and i had already had some experience with trace repair and integrated circuit swap, if you dont have these skills dont even try it, and dont expose the pads to prolonged heat or they'll pop of the board

 

[Blakejansen]

Flux is your friend, use leaded solder with a medium size tip (small enough not to knock off components, but still big enough to transfer heat effectively) and the iron at around 320-380. Tin the pad, tin the wire, add flux to the pad, hold the wire onto the pad then use your soldering iron to reflow the existing solder on the wire and pad, attaching them together. I'm sure others will chime in with their own advice, but my number one recommendation is to practice on some scrap boards first.

This is probably one of the best explanations I have seen. You are an asset to GBATemp.

 

[DinohScene]

Flux is your friend, use leaded solder with a medium size tip (small enough not to knock off components, but still big enough to transfer heat effectively) and the iron at around 320-380. Tin the pad, tin the wire, add flux to the pad, hold the wire onto the pad then use your soldering iron to reflow the existing solder on the wire and pad, attaching them together. I'm sure others will chime in with their own advice, but my number one recommendation is to practice on some scrap boards first.

Literally this.

 

[SylverReZ]

Flux is your friend, use leaded solder with a medium size tip (small enough not to knock off components, but still big enough to transfer heat effectively) and the iron at around 320-380. Tin the pad, tin the wire, add flux to the pad, hold the wire onto the pad then use your soldering iron to reflow the existing solder on the wire and pad, attaching them together. I'm sure others will chime in with their own advice, but my number one recommendation is to practice on some scrap boards first.

This is the best advice so far. I'd do the same and also look up some good tutorials along the way.

 

[Hayato213]

Probably would want to get a pcb soldering practice kit, just to learn how to solder.

 

[Donnie-Burger]

I am looking for tips on how to pull off my first RGH successfully. Do I tin the point that I want to solder to first, let it cool off, and then solder the wire onto the tinned point? Anyone here that can provide great detail as to how to pull the solder off from your perspective would really be helping me out. I have read and watched plenty of guides. Nothing like getting an explanation from someone that has done it in the past.

X-Clamp removal tool is a godsend


I would take @Hayato213 advice and practice on a kit or a dead pcb. Then when you feel confident give it a shot. With RGH you need to know what motherboard you have as some installs vary.

Here's some pics of my Corona 4gb install:

 

[DinohScene]

Probably would want to get a pcb soldering practice kit, just to learn how to solder.

No need when a 40 something year old radio can teach you more then such a kit.
At almost no cost ; )

X-Clamp removal tool is a godsend

Real men do with with a small philips head 8^)

 

[Hayato213]

No need when a 40 something year old radio can teach you more then such a kit.
At almost no cost ; )



Real men do with with a small philips head 8^)

At least that is how I learn to solder, I solder components onto a pcb board. Did built one of these while in school.

 

[SylverReZ]

Real men do with with a small philips head 8^)

Only do that as a last resort.

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At least that is how I learn to solder, I solder components onto a pcb board. Did built one of these while in school.

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What is this supposed to be?

 

[Hayato213]

Only do that as a last resort.

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What is this supposed to be?

It is a digital trainer.

 

[SylverReZ]

It is a digital trainer.

Digital trainer? What do this do?

 

[Hayato213]

Digital trainer? What do this do?

It is used to study digital electronics circuit design.

 

[SylverReZ]

It is used to study digital electronics circuit design.

So like testing circuits and that?

 

[Hayato213]

So like testing circuits and that?

It is used to study, digital electronics, which stuffs like logic gate, using intergrated circuit such as 74LS00: Quad NAND Gate, 74LS02: Quad NOR Gate, you can built and design specific circuit.

 

[Blakejansen]

Literally this.

Any experience using pico flasher? Part I am not understanding is how you reuse the flasher. Do you desolder the wires every time you want to use it on a new xbox?

 

[Donnie-Burger]

Any experience using pico flasher? Part I am not understanding is how you reuse the flasher. Do you desolder the wires every time you want to use it on a new xbox?

Nand-X
Pico flasher
jrp flasher
xflasher

Wire it up and read nand, you can leave wires as is for the next install - what changes is 16mb/4gb read n write.

What motherboard do you have?

 

[Blakejansen]

Nand-X
Pico flasher
jrp flasher
xflasher

Wire it up and read nand, you can leave wires as is for the next install - what changes is 16mb/4gb read n write.

What motherboard do you have?

I bought a trinity, but once I get a successful install I will probably pick up a Star Wars 360 slim. Leave wires on the pico, but I have to desolder the wires on the 360 right? I don't have solder sucker. What process is involved in desoldering wires?

 

[SylverReZ]

Or you can solder some male-to-female jumpers to the Pico and a pin header to the JTAG port, so that you can easily connect and disconnect the flasher without having to keep desoldering the wires.