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parke02

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8. November 2006 @ 10:27

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So I'm attempting to repair my friend's horrible attempt at modding his PStwo slim v15 console.

He bought one of those Magic Key non-soldering solutions but was unable to get one of the pieces installed. He opened the case to tape down the button/switch that detects whether or not the lid is closed. Instead of taping it down, he tried to super-glue a piece of plastic over the switch... which did not work and the disc would no longer spin (meaning the lid was being detected as open). So he tried removing the piece of plastic, but it took off the top lid of the switch. He then super-glued the actual switch, which when depressed closes the circuit on the board by connecting the conductive traces on the board.

Basically, the switch is just connected to two thin pieces of conductive tin/metal which connects the traces on the board together when you press down the switch.

I don't have any soldering experience, but I figure this won't be too difficult of a job. Basically, I figure I need to pry off the switch from the board and solder the conductive traces together.

However, I don't see and solder points on the traces. Can I just solder the two traces together using a wire? How do I connect two traces on the system board if there aren't any specific solder points?

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scorpNZ

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8. November 2006 @ 14:14

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If the broken switch has a hole in it,where the glued bit was ripped off i would think you should see two contact points inside the switch ?? ,if you can get yourself a small piece of insulated wire and preferably a variable temperature soldering iron you should in theory be able to join the two contacts togeather as you have mentioned,the only prob i see is if you use a soldering iron that is too hot

I have'nt seen what the slimline switch looks like but if poss this is how i would do it,leave switch there and remove the top and sides of it too expose the contact points inside and then solder togeather.Done carefully with a thin blade you could gently use the soldering iron to soften the switches surrounding plastic and use the blade to remove the plastic to expose the contacts assuming it's possable,the soldering iron would need a relativley thin sharpesh soldering end the iron it's self would need to be around 15-20 watts if you use a single temp hobby type iron

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parke02

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8. November 2006 @ 14:56

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Thanks a bunch for the tips. Thing is, I didnt see any contact points. Just traces on the PCB...

I'm going to take pictures later tonight to show you what I mean.

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