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alligot

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6. October 2010 @ 17:13

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I have been trying to jtag a falcon I received. Db1f1 and all the although points were gone so I had to try and connect through the trace. Since i am still getting e79 I am assuming that I am not getting a good connection. I can't find any good pics or tuts on how this is done. Anyone knows of any, please respond. Thanks

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w00ly

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6. October 2010 @ 17:29

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scrape the trace (not the area around it) and use some soldering paste (flux) available at radio shack. Apply some paste to the trace, heat the trace and try to put some solder down...it's hard to get it to stick to the trace but the flux helps a lot and eventually you'll get a small amount on it. Then tin your lead with some solder and you should be able to get the two to solder together pretty easily

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eebeejay

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6. October 2010 @ 19:37

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Originally posted by w00ly:
scrape the trace (not the area around it) and use some soldering paste (flux) available at radio shack. Apply some paste to the trace, heat the trace and then try to put some solder down...it's hard to get it to stick to the trace but the flux helps a lot and eventually you'll get a small amount on it. Then tin your lead with some solder and you should be able to get the two to solder together pretty easily

Spot on, w00ly.

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leerage

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6. October 2010 @ 19:57

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Originally posted by eebeejay:

Originally posted by w00ly:
scrape the trace (not the area around it) and use some soldering paste (flux) available at radio shack. Apply some paste to the trace, heat the trace and then try to put some solder down...it's hard to get it to stick to the trace but the flux helps a lot and eventually you'll get a small amount on it. Then tin your lead with some solder and you should be able to get the two to solder together pretty easily
Spot on, w00ly.

Indeed. Flux is your best friend. If you were trying to get the DB1F1 point, I'd recommend 30 AWG Kynar wire, but wouldn't hurt to use it either since you are trying to solder to a trace.

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alligot

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6. October 2010 @ 21:16

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I don't have any Kumar wire. I took 3 strands of wire twisted them together. Gonna try to get a connection that way. You think that will work? Any other hiccups that I should look out for with falcons?

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alligot

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6. October 2010 @ 21:19

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Auto spell check is a b**ch!

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Modking30

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7. October 2010 @ 08:51

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Post back if you cannot get that trace to work. I ended up soldering mine on the bottom of the board.