Psone controller help

G-Prime · Post by **G-Prime** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:46 pm

Ok, after ruining my...15th psone controller today I relised I need some help. How do you solder onto those small leads...there has to be some kind of trick to doing it...they are just way to small. whenever I try and do it I end up soldering some of the leads together and can't get the solder off. I'm at my wits end here

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:58 pm

did you try tinning the wires instead of adding a large blob of extra solder?

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:59 pm

On the chip? Tinning works great for pretty much anything tiny.

**EDIT**
Darn, bicostp beat me to the punch.

G-Prime · Post by **G-Prime** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 3:09 pm

S q u e e ! wrote:On the chip? Tinning works great for pretty much anything tiny.

**EDIT**
Darn, bicostp beat me to the punch.

No on that thing that the ribbon cable plugs into. So for tinning you just coat the wire in solder and then put it on the lead and heat it up? I sure hope that Game stop has some psone controllers left...I think I've bought every one

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:58 pm

Use lots of flux, it will keep the solder from sticking to other traces. It kind of "balls up" the solder. Whatever the hell that means

Try it, should work.

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:24 am

Or lemon juice!

Sorry, I just had to.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:57 am

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:38 am

WOOH lemon juice rocks! yay!! although ill stay with my flux...oh well