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Fixing a failed XBOX TSOP flash
« on: June 02, 2010, 12:02:20 AM »
So I've soldered a million XBOX 1's back in the day, never fried one in my life, then there was today.

So it's been a long while since I've done this. It's an XBOX 1.1 so all one has to do is solder a connection on top of the board and on the bottom of the board, so easy an amateur like my self could do it, but not today.

For what ever reason, my soldering iron got itself confused with a solder sucker, and now one of those very small very fine connections has vanished!

That's right, it seems as if all the solder vanished (the little dot on the left). I could not for the life of me get the solder to stick to anything but the iron, and alas I've lost a connection.

Now the question is, how do i get solder back in to this hole which I can't even see?!!?!

I'd really like to not have thrown away money today on this XBOX, if there is anyway to save this please share your thoughts, thankx!
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Re: Fixing a failed XBOX TSOP flash
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2010, 02:22:49 AM »
In the circle are two solder points which I needed to connect. The one to the left is the one that vanished (not the piece to the left of the circle), and I can't see a hole as it seemed to fill in with the wax that builds up on the board when ever I put the iron near it.
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Re: Fixing a failed XBOX TSOP flash
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2010, 03:12:52 AM »
Thankx for the advice, I'll see if I can get a better photo.

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Re: Fixing a failed XBOX TSOP flash
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2010, 03:18:22 AM »
And the photo.

You can even see the remaining solder point in the photo, but it's there. The other is covered by the wax as seen in the photo, so not even I can see it.

Any advice on clearing that wax out of the way?
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Re: Fixing a failed XBOX TSOP flash
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2010, 03:44:40 AM »
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