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SPK8000LG
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_ 		17. September 2007 @ 09:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well I let a friend try it and he did this. The Wii still works but as you can see the points are gone. I'm gonna try sodring on the leg of the chip my self. What some tips for a first timer?

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dazone
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_ 		17. September 2007 @ 09:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
wow! but fixable.

for noobs like me. i leave a drop of solder on the iron tip.
hold the wire on the pad. and just tap it quickly.
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SPK8000LG
Newbie
_ 		17. September 2007 @ 09:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thats what I'm gonna try. I'm gonna score some 30awg today and maybe try and sharpen a tip for my iron. One question I have, on the Wiikey chip out of the 2 big solder points. Witch is ground and witch is positive?



PS: My iron has 2 settings. 500 or 900 degrees. I should be using the 500 setting right?
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DavGerm4
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_ 		17. September 2007 @ 10:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ya, you should be fine with the 500 temperature! If you get it too hot, you can burn the board! Only tip that I have, is have a Steady Hand! My hands shake too much, so I have something hold the soldering iron, and I just push it down, and pull it back up!
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SPK8000LG
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_ 		17. September 2007 @ 12:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Should i apply hot glue to the chip after i sodor to it?
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DavGerm4
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_ 		17. September 2007 @ 13:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Only if you want to! People do that, just in case the points come off, so they don't have to keep opening it, and soldering it back on! Just remember that it takes a whole lot of time to take the glue off!
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estoyloco
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_ 		17. September 2007 @ 15:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
not to mention if it doesn't work after u hot glue it.
good luck getting it off without further dmg to the points more.
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