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Hey everyone, I wanna get into soldering my dad has an old soldering iron in the basement and i think some people( including me) could use some motivation or ideas what to do when starting to solder so i am making this topic to help people starting to solder in the future. I am happy to read your suggestions
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Hi All, I was looking for some advice - consider me a noobie when it comes to electronics, power supplies and matching everything correctly. Please see the image attached for what I am hoping to achieve. To get something like this from the manufacturer of the wall panels is around £200. What I think I know: - I would need a plastic diffuser track to diffuse the LEDs for a more smooth light output - Need some LED strips, Power Supply, some form of controller - To avoid soldering I would most likely need to buy (e.g.) 5 1m strips and cut down 3 of them to get varying lengths and discard the extra LEDs. Not the most economical, i know, but I would really like to avoid much electronic work. What I would like: - I dont have a soldering Iron and would like to avoid doing this as I don't have any experience in it before - A relative plug an play solution, even if the different components are from different manufacturers (e.g. plugging LED strip into power with pre-existing connector) Nice to have: - Smart hope integration (Apple Homekit, or even app based) - Black cables to help hide (not a deal breaker) If anyone could advise/suggest how to do this and what components to use that would be much appreciated! Or if anyone know where I could get something similar to this without the £200 price tag that would be much appreciated!! Thanks in advance, Callum
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desoldering Need help on desoldering 7 segment displays.
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I want to desolder the seven segment displays, which ar emounted with through holes, from the pcb as shown in the 1st picture, but I haven't been succesfull so far. The ejuipment I have is shown in the 3rd picture. Any advice would be appreciated. -
Hi all, my Asus PRIME X570-Pro has a damaged PCB trace due to a screw driver damaging it. I have the tools and soldering skills to repair the trace. However I am unsure how the trace looked like before it was damaged. Please see the attached pictures. If someone has this motherboard, would you be so kind to take a clear picture of the traces where my board is damaged? It is in the area between the first PCIE x16 slot and the chipset fan. Thanks for your assistance with this.
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Hey everyone! First post here. I just bought the killer bang-for-the-buck HP Victus laptop (15.6 not 16.1) and opened it up for a RAM and potentially SSD upgrade. The ram went fine, but then I saw empty m.2 traces clearly labeled SSD2 (in addition to the already working SSD1) I was wondering whether anybody has any info on whether it works, or maybe tried/has the means to try soldering a second SSD slot on there (see picture attached). This is a fairly recent laptop with not too much attention (probably yet, given its amazing price point), so I couldn't find any information or schematics of the motherboard to figure out whether the traces are wired correctly if at all. Any ideas? The model number is 15-fb0039ne. The picture attached is a screenshot from the following youtube video, since I already closed up my laptop. Our model numbers don't match perfectly, but everything looks the exact same under the hood. I would appreciate any help
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I recently bought a Corsair h150i Pro XT and I find the pump to be just a tiny bit too audible. As the pump gets its power thru a Sata power header i was wondering if I could solder a resistor into the voltage leads of a SATA connector, to lower the RPM. I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work, but if you guys got any advice, thanks in advance!
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Hi, Recently updated my Asrock H110 PRO BTC+ bios from 1.10 to 1.60 but the system crashed in the middle of the upgrade (First time ever). So the board no longer boots, I have ordered a replacement bios chip but when removing the fault chip I pulled the chip up, obviously before heating the connection enough and it pulled the sold pad and trace with it. I believe the piece I have pulled off is the ground, and think I have tracked its path to the tiny chip to the bottom right (see picture). Does anymore have any advice or expertise on the best way to get this working? Should I create a bridge from the bottom right bios pin to the small chip? Following the path from my other board of the same model, the trace seems to run past this small chip to the Clear Bios nearby, should I link the bios pin with this? I have a feeling I will have one shot at this and however slim my chances, I would like to have the best approach and appreciate any help at all! I have attached a pictures of the damaged board and the working one so it is possible to workout the path this pins connection takes. Thank you in advance, Tom.
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Currently I have a gtx 1060 3gb. I was wondering if I were to obtain 6gb memory modules and desolder and replace my current vram would this result in a functional upgraded system or would this be a waste of time?
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I am trying to replace the psu in a prebuilt HP envy TE01-0034 as it's only 180w. I already have a spare cx650m and I know that it isn't compatible out of the box, however I do know that you may solder the 24 pin connector into a smaller 4 pin (as this desktop is powered with 2 4 pins as opposed to a 24 pin) I just am not entirely sure where to start, I have all the tools to do so and I'm up to taking on the challenge. I'm aware that there is no back current protection while doing this so I understand the risks as well. If anyone knows where to start it would be appreciated. ~ MFGoon
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Hi there, PC PROBLEM: I have a GTX1080 (specifically STRIX-GTX1080-A8G-GAMING) since new, that is now dying on me, it started off by getting artifacts and crashes (full pc shutdown, or rather a restart as pc would try to reboot itself right after, sometimes with image, sometimes without) when GPU was underload (aka, playing games), but in a couple of days, it degraded to the point of crashing even when idling or just browsing the internet, sometimes it would crash before I even logged into windows or few seconds/minutes after. EXTRA: Also, not sure if that's related, but is a bit *sus*, is that the GPU failed few days after I bought myself a new 2k monitor, so instead of having 2x 1080p monitors connected to the GPU, now I have 1x 2K & 1x 1080p monitors. DIAGNOSIS: I followed the vram diagnostic instructions from this video: and the result I got is attached to this post. Repair Problem: I've called multiple repair centres and all of them are saying that they don't do GPU repairs anymore due to the climbing price of chips, so I've decided that I'll fix the card myself by replacing the vram chips, but the problem is that I'm not 100% sure if the vram is faulty, as I've heard that it's a toss up between a video controller that is built into the main GPU chip (no idea what the official name of that chip is) and vram. My suspicion that the video controller is faulty stems from the fact that there aren't a lot of errors for each vram chip, only 64 for C0, 144 for D0 and 80 for D1, where as when I watched other YouTube videos of people replacing vram, the errors when in a tens of thousands. Final Question: Is there anything else I could do to confirm what exactly is faulty in my GPU?
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I've been looking for a new cordless soldering iron. I've had the same $30 Adafruit soldering iron for 3 or so years now, works great, but I'm sick of the cord. Hakko Soldering Irons are generally considered some of the best(from what I've seen based on the community) but they're corded and I'm looking for something a little less tethered. Here and there I have seen all sorts of cordless soldering irons whether they be rechargeable by usb-c or micro usb, but I'm unsure of the quality. There have been complaints about not reaching the specified temps the soldering irons claim or the batteries dying far too quickly. If anyone has any recommendations from personal experience, I'm all ears.
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I'm planning to upgrade the screen for my Gameboy Advance to an LCD screen. The upgrade requires me to solder some wires to the motherboard, in order to get brightness adjustment. Is there any soldering iron that anyone can recommend for a newbie like me? I know there's other threads on this topic, but I'm not sure if there's soldering irons for specific tasks. Here's the link to the LCD Screen: https://handheldlegend.com/collections/game-boy-advance-gba/products/game-boy-advance-gba-ips-funnyplaing-v2?variant=31583104630918
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Anybody know anything about Soldering and would like to give info about it because I would like to get into it. Any info is helpful. < removed by moderation >
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Hey I got my K552 about 2 weeks ago yesterday i completely opened it up because i wanna swap switches i posted the picture on the r/mk subreddit and the person who helped me said it was soldered i bought the k552 thinking it was hotswap it even says it on the box, even though the hotswap is only with outemu switches buti didn't care and now i am going to have to desolder the switches if i wanna swap but i don't have much experience with it so idk what to do i looked up tutorial and almost all had a desodering gun and those are way too expensive and i only have a little itty bitty of experience with soldering. so plz help with that and is it eazy? also do any switches like gateron yellows or kaihua/kailh switches fit? since it isnt the hotswap version i was wondering about it. Sorry about my grammar or spelling i am not very good with that
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o/ So I got a mentally ill sis that can't take the sound of my new, second hand keyboard. It's the Corsair k95 rgb (the original one, not the platinum with less keys), bought for the reason that it has 18 dedicated macros (and that it was cheap oc), Cherry brown. I'm ready to re-solder new ones on. So here's my questions: How do I know if they pins line up to the pcb? And what keys are more quite than the ones I already got, and will match the holes in the pcb?
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TLDR at the bottom. So I'm helping a friend upgrade his pc, but we ran into an issue with the psu to motherboard cable. The old PSU is only something like 230W so it's way too little to use for a 1050ti (runs off 75w through the pcie slot). I've seen some videos of people splicing together the 16 pin cable with the new 24 pin cable to make it work. But will this be an issue with running the gpu through the graphics card? There's also a load of adapters available, but this seems to be effectively the same thing. The other option is to run pci cables to the mobo slot. While we could go and buy a new motherboard, it's a 1150 socket so they're getting harder to find and it's very much a budget build if possible. Any thoughts? TLDR: I need to connect a PSU with a 24 pin mobo cable, to a 16 pin mobo socket. Is it safe to splice the old and new cable? Will it supply the needed 75w for the 1050ti through pcie? Example of adapter (instead of soldering):
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Hello everyone! I am wondering how exactly do I get a soldering station to mod keyboards. Are there any videos or articles on how to change switches on keyboards? I was mainly thinking of changing my brown switches to Cherry MX Red. I probably not do it right now, but I was wondering how, and if I need any infrastructure, and if it is expensive. So basically, I want to know where to get a soldering station, and if it is expensive, and where can I get red switches, because I have not been able to see clear red switches for sale anywhere.
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Hi, I am trying to recover some data from a broken hard drive (Western Digital WD10EZEX) and was swapping the suspected broken pcb (REV A 2060-771829-005) out with a new one. I was following this video on how to swap the BIOS chip over to the donor board when removing the BIOS chip I broke of the leg from pin 4 . It seems like it require some rocket surgery to attach the leg back on and there's no easy way to hold it back on. I found out that pin 4 on the BIOS chip in question (Winbond W25Q20BW) is the ground pin. Can I just solder my BIOS chip to the donor board with no ground pin connected? Or is this incredibly naive and wont work?
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Hello forum! Wondering if someone has some info / advice / help on a bit of a predicament I am facing. I have a Tofu96 with the DZ96 PCB. I was about to solder my switches in (Zealios v2 65g) but decided I wanted to solder LED's in as well. I'm having a hard time finding proper info about what LED's to use, size, type, etc. Was hoping someone here had a better idea or some experience. I don't need RGB, just static white is okay for me. I am looking at these 3mm LED Diodes to solder for each switch. If these are correct, will they interfere with the switch itself? Here are some pics of the sockets. I am also a bit confused as some have 3 holes, but almost all have 2 holes. Am I even looking at the right thing lol? I have solder switches before, but never RGB LED's or 2-pin LED's. Thanks in advanced!
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I figured out that I would make my first water cooled computer but it didn't go to well. I accidentally dropped my MSI geforce 2080 super around 10cm on to the desk after I had taken on a water block. the desk was completely empty were it landed but this gray thing fell lose, I cant see any other damage. I tried to contact the store were I bought it but they couldn't do anything to help me. (so I guess it's trash) but dose anyone know if it is possible to solder it on again? and if I try that what are my chances for it to actually work properly?
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I live in the Philippines, specifically in Quezon City. My keyboard is a RK71 with red switches. Sadly my "a" does not function from time to time and it really sucks. This keyboard is sadly not hot swappable, that means my only choice is to solder the switch. Unfortunately, I don't wanna take the risk of me buying the needed equipment and just break my keyboard. May I ask for advice where places could solder my keyboard and replace the switch? Thanks!
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Could you do a demo of unsoldering ram in either a macbook, lenova, or microsoft computer. Pick any brand or any computer with soldered ram. I'd like to see the process and where you resource your parts and the final outcome. Let's see how you guys do. If it works or fails either way, I'd like to see someone try. I'm sure you can do it.
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Hi! I wanted to de-solder a 4-pin fan header off of a motherboard from a DELL small-form-factor PC (Dell Optiplex 7040). This is the pin as seen from the front: I thought it would be as easy as removing the motherboard and flipping it over, heating up the pins from the back with a soldering iron until the solder melted, and using a solder sucker to remove it, and finally dragging out the header. But when I tried to heat up the pins the solder simply wouldn't melt after many minutes of heating. Are motherboards made using solder with a much higher melting temperature than regular soldering tin? What sort of tools do computer technicians use to do these sort of operations on a computer? PS: This is a computer I'm not afraid to accidentally destroy, although I don't think It's easy to do that when just desoldering a header. If you're curious, I'm doing this because I have an Optiplex 7060 (higher specs) that has an almost identical motherboard, except it does not have a system fan header like this one, but it DOES have four holes in the exact same place labelled "FAN_SYS" so I thought I would transplant the header from this PC to the better one.
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My PSU is making this weird electrical sparking sounds, that varies acording to the system load.... It's a Seasonic Snowsilent 1050W Platinum Full Modular SS-1050XP3. I bought it in 2016, so technically it has warrant, but I've already opened it, so I guess its void. I think that it's probably one component, but I can't identify it. If someone can point me in the right direction (capacitor,transformer,etc..), it will save me a ton of time. PSU.mp4
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so... I bought a water damaged early 2013 MacBook pro in hopes of fixing it, the description said it made 3 beeps when plugged in, i recieved it, and it did three beeps, i did some research on the topic and discovered i would have to do some complicated soldering so went shopping for motherboards, I bought a cheap one which was also water damaged but had some resistors missing in the picture, which were still on the original motherboard and looked easier to transplant then ram chips. the second motherboard let the laptop charge but no turn on, so, my question is, what's wrong with the second motherboard, can it be solved with the resistor transplant or should I just save for a proper replacement, if so can you recommend some? however replacing the motherboard properly is not ideal as not currently having the funds does hinder my ability to work
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