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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Kyosho
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by Kyosho Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:37 pm
If you know how to do it, any chance you could show how to solder to a battery without it going KERSPLODE?
Skyone
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by Skyone Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:45 pm
You either need to be really quick or you a battery socket.
vb_master
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by vb_master Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:56 pm
Yeah, skyone's got it. You could also unplug your iron, wait 20 seconds, and solder the wires on.
ShockSlayer
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by ShockSlayer Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:14 pm
How to solder tiny wires on tiny contacts that are very close together with a big tip?
blackbox_dev
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by blackbox_dev Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:16 pm
I'd love to be able to do that with my Dad's suxz0r5 iron.
Meh, i'm getting a 40-watt Weller soon anyways.
I'd imagine right now you wish you were a cuttlefish...
vb_master
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by vb_master Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:21 pm
ShockSlayer wrote: How to solder tiny wires on tiny contacts that are very close together with a big tip?
I'll start on ep 5 maybe tonight.
ShockSlayer
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by ShockSlayer Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:36 pm
sweet! Look forward to learning!
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by bamizhim Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:19 pm
this is coool i like it a lot
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by Indigno Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:01 pm
Neat, I was just having soldering problems with my portable TV. I hope this helps.
vb_master
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by vb_master Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:39 am
These are some bad examples of soldering. Don't do those.
To avoid a "cold solder joint" add a bit of solder to it if you reheat it.
Remember to heat up both the pad and the wire at the same time, so you get an electrical connection.
If I get my modchip today, I will do a special Xbox editon!
ShockSlayer
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by ShockSlayer Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:11 pm
Special Xbox edition..hmmm... Might come in handy!
vb_master
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by vb_master Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:03 pm
My harddrive came today, but modchip didn't. Infact, Divineo just emailed me and said it just shipped today (even though it said ships in 24 hours, and I ordered on Thursday). It's comming from the east coast of Canada, so it has to go through customs, so it is going to take a while.
vb_master
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by vb_master Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:00 pm
Got my chip today, I got footage of me explaining how to take it apart and how to solder the header on the chip, but I couldn't get me putting it on the Xbox, me flashing the chip, or putting the new HDD in.
vb_master
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by vb_master Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:25 am
The unedited videos are 356 MB in total, I hope that the final file size will be around 60 MB.
Here's just a something I made in XBtool Preset Maker, I had to plug in the values into XBtool to make a BIOS with that color logo. Hopefully the real thing looks as good as the simulated version.
vb_master
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by vb_master Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:52 pm
I uploaded the uncompiled video to PoD to give to my friend who is using something better than Windows Movie Maker to compile it.
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