Soldering 101! Episode 7: Xbox 360 Flashing?

Do you have a technical question that doesn't really fit a specific console? Want some general info on electronics, hacking, making cookies, etc? Here's the place to ask! Go nuts.

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Post by CronoTriggerfan » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:57 pm

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Post by vb_master » Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:15 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:Video not available. :sad:

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Post by Harshboy » Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:34 pm

Google searching is worthless, it wont find the firmware hack. So where can i download it? I already have the update eboots. Thanks :D

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Post by vb_master » Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:36 pm

Harshboy wrote:Google searching is worthless, it wont find the firmware hack. So where can i download it? I already have the update eboots. Thanks :D
Download it here, from Dark_AleX's site!
The free_porn_sites.html is a joke to get people to read the readmes!

Make sure you don't don't have a TA-082 PSP or you WILL brick!
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Post by Ari » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:48 pm

Wow, you put the solder and the iron on opposite sides of the board? (I just watched episode 1)

These are some nice videos! I need to watch the rest of them, and maybe I'll magically start to not destroy everything I touch with a soldering iron!

Though I think I'll stay with my custom 1.5 firmware instead of updating to the 2.71 SE-A. I'm not sure what X-flash would do to that... and I love my custom font and gameboot far too much to give that up.

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Post by vb_master » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:05 pm

Ari wrote:Though I think I'll stay with my custom 1.5 firmware instead of updating to the 2.71 SE-A. I'm not sure what X-flash would do to that... and I love my custom font and gameboot far too much to give that up.
Xflash boots you out if you run it on 2.71 SE-A. PSPSet works for gameboots and fonts though.

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Post by Ari » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:50 pm

PSPSet? I'll have to look into that, then.

I'll probably flash the new firmware tomorrow night. My batterie's kinda low right now.

Thanks for that info!

EDIT: I flashed 2.71 SE-A and then used PSPset to remove the gameboot (I was disappointed not seeing any font flashing options) and I just about bricked. I used the recovery mode and installed 2.71. Then I downgraded back to 1.5 and I'm reflashing HarleyG's custom firmware right now. I think I'll stick with it and Xflash for now. Maybe I'll update when SE-B comes out. But not right now. I'm not liking it too much.

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Post by vb_master » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:08 pm

2.71 SE-B out. I got a early release to it last night to make a video, it's on Youtube, 17k views, 9 honors :D .
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H_mqM8h0m-c
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RE soldering 101

Post by TRex3166 » Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:25 am

Pretty good information, I would've spoken a little on tinning and cleaning the iron. I like to keep a damp sponge handy for cleaning. Tinning is when you are ready to solder, you melt a little solder, then wipe it off on the sponge, the result is a fresh thin coat of solder on your tip, which helps the solder flow smoother and faster.

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RE Segment size

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Bigger is better! I had to 2X just to see!

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Post by Retromaster » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:54 pm

OMG thankyou vb master! all the circuit boards i've been making for the past years have been soldered wrong! But then your video gave the answer I needed for professional soldering. Thankyou
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Post by vb_master » Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:21 pm

Retromaster wrote:OMG thankyou vb master! all the circuit boards i've been making for the past years have been soldered wrong! But then your video gave the answer I needed for professional soldering. Thankyou
Haha, thanks.

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Post by ShockSlayer » Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:57 pm

Any new episodes coming soon?

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Post by Retromaster » Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:36 pm

well I had a thread with a tip in it, but some mod locked ity so here it is:

If you want to solder perfectly,
check out my secret:

1-buy some 0.032 solder from radioshack that comes in a tube.
2- coil a 1' long strand or more around your index finger.
3- stretch out 3 inches of straight solder from the coil and touch the connection.
4- place iron on solder for less than a second and melt it over connection.
5-presto, you have the perfect connection!

this works everytime for me, just point to the spot you want solder on!
i'll post pics later, but my camera broke
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Post by Kurt_ » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:41 pm

RetroMaster wrote:OMG thankyou vb master! all the circuit boards i've been making for the past years have been soldered wrong! But then your video gave the answer I needed for professional soldering. Thankyou
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