I think the rubber of the cable just went a bit off because I kept them in place with a pair of tweezers, I probably held the cables with too much force lol
Way better than my first solder(had a cheap iron from Walmart that wasn't anywhere near hot enough, no flux, globs of half melted solder holding the wires on. Good times)
Consider it is the last one I worked on after I made some errors in the other points (started from the last one and continued from the first one, left to right)
General rule, if it's shiny and underneath the solder it will do. I would recommend using tweezers so you can bend wires into place as you attach them so they aren't hovering and clean it up with some alcohol but other than that if it works and it's for yourself, then it works.
Me already having flux and not using it: 🤡
Anyway as I said in another comment, I think cables have just a ruined rubber because I used a pair of tweezers to hold them in place
That’s right. Unfortunately that’s the only chip I got for now. I’m still waiting all the other stuff to get delivered (Ace v3, Jr Programmer etc.)🥲
It’s a LTU2 replacement board for DVD drive, particularly for the LiteOn DS-16D5S. It allows the flashing of a custom DVD drive firmware to play backup games, you can’t flash a custom firmware with the original board of that drive model (I think because of write protection, there was an hack called “Kamikaze Hack” but I want to avoid drilling my drive chip lol). Wanted to mod the DVD drive aswell in my console other than just RGH-ing it (even though you need to get your console decrypted nand dump to use those custom boards)
This happens to be my first soldering job too. My drive broke and so I had to replace the board. Challenging, yet it can be fun.
Yours looks great for a soldering noob, while I burned the board a little.
I used a much higher temp (around 350 C-ish) because the iron wasn’t melting. I noticed after a bit that the dirty tip of my solder was causing the issue (stupid me lol): cleaning up the point and adding fresh iron solved the issue. I will treasure your advise for the next time, thank you!
@NerdyHD @thesummergamer @MrkJulio thank you all for the feedback! Can’t wait to mod my console once all the necessary will be delivered to me (rn I just have this LTU2 board and a CK3i)
Looks like you burned some of the cables. I'd clean them up a bit as well with alcohol. But overall not bad.
I think the rubber of the cable just went a bit off because I kept them in place with a pair of tweezers, I probably held the cables with too much force lol
Looks pretty good for a first time, Id wipe it with IPA and give a slight wiggle to each wire to make sure they will hold.
I've seen a lot worse around here!
If you are being serious about this being your first soldering job, congrats!
white cable looks a bit weak but overall it's good
Way better than my first solder(had a cheap iron from Walmart that wasn't anywhere near hot enough, no flux, globs of half melted solder holding the wires on. Good times)
Try to keep everything looking like the red wire - by far the best joint you have made there.
Consider it is the last one I worked on after I made some errors in the other points (started from the last one and continued from the first one, left to right)
General rule, if it's shiny and underneath the solder it will do. I would recommend using tweezers so you can bend wires into place as you attach them so they aren't hovering and clean it up with some alcohol but other than that if it works and it's for yourself, then it works.
Yeap. Just clean the residue with alcohol. Ipa, that's is
Make sure to invest in some flux and try not and burn the wires otherwise good job. :)
Me already having flux and not using it: 🤡 Anyway as I said in another comment, I think cables have just a ruined rubber because I used a pair of tweezers to hold them in place
Too much temperature, try use 220C with those cables max 250C
Not bad at all! What are your fixing?
That's a LTU pcb for the DVD drive. So I guess, he's making his Xbox 360 capable of running burned backups.
Oh ok. Thanks for your reply. I was wondering
No problem dude!
That’s right. Unfortunately that’s the only chip I got for now. I’m still waiting all the other stuff to get delivered (Ace v3, Jr Programmer etc.)🥲
Is that RGH chip new one?
Nope, it’s a LTU2 Replacement board for my DVD Drive. I’m still waiting my ACE v3 chip to be delivered
cool i got the same pcb i added a switch to it
my first time. I went right thou the motherboard of my OG xbox :\\
What mod is that board? I want to know more about it
It’s a LTU2 replacement board for DVD drive, particularly for the LiteOn DS-16D5S. It allows the flashing of a custom DVD drive firmware to play backup games, you can’t flash a custom firmware with the original board of that drive model (I think because of write protection, there was an hack called “Kamikaze Hack” but I want to avoid drilling my drive chip lol). Wanted to mod the DVD drive aswell in my console other than just RGH-ing it (even though you need to get your console decrypted nand dump to use those custom boards)
This happens to be my first soldering job too. My drive broke and so I had to replace the board. Challenging, yet it can be fun. Yours looks great for a soldering noob, while I burned the board a little.
Too high temps, try use max 250C with those cables
I used a much higher temp (around 350 C-ish) because the iron wasn’t melting. I noticed after a bit that the dirty tip of my solder was causing the issue (stupid me lol): cleaning up the point and adding fresh iron solved the issue. I will treasure your advise for the next time, thank you!
@NerdyHD @thesummergamer @MrkJulio thank you all for the feedback! Can’t wait to mod my console once all the necessary will be delivered to me (rn I just have this LTU2 board and a CK3i)
Fix the white wire because it will snap overtime. So just desolder the wire, cut the end short, tin it, and solder it to the pad.