Well i was soldering my wiikey when a bad thing happened one dot of the solder of wii dvd simply got out and now i cant put any solder this dot on wii dvd board because solder dont fixes Any idea of repair ? Wii still work but i cant solder the wiikey
i didnt used flux :/ i cant add more solder because the dot solder of the board got out and now have just board plastic and when i put some solder there dont fixes there :/
Look for some soldering tutorials on the web, pictures may help you here. I'm fairly sure you will be able to do it, you may just need to think outside the box. Could you get a tinned wire (presoldered, so all you need to do is heat it) and add that to the point? Maybe post some pics.
Do you have a Photo? and you should use pre fluxed solder or use flux when soldering Have you ever soldered before? If you have burned away to much solder then you must use an alternative path but this is more difficult than soldering to the quick solder joints. If you have burned away to much you also may have broke the Wii drive, you should really have got a pro to do this its not something someone new to soldering should attempt.
humm i have some exp with soldering i repared some phones and kids toys ... The big problem was my iron solder and solder was to big to do this kind of solder... i tried but i screw up :/ i think i have burned away to much but wii still works fine as i saw on circuit the solder points of wiikey dont interfer on console it self... I ll post a pic later because my brother went to beach and have the camera with him... thx all for the help ^^
Well here comes the disaster... i was thinking about scrape the connection board and make a solder there... (now i have a new and small iron solder) What do u think guys ?! :/
use flux. i did that before with one point. i put a little flux on board. put some solder on tip and fix it. the flux will sick the solder on to the board. if not you can trace the lines to the legs and solder to that.
Ok there is another trick you can try before soldering to the legs... First get some electrical tape and use it to stick the Wiikey in place. Two get you solder and a peace of slightly damp cloth (not to wet) and heat up your soldering iron Three get a strip of solder and rub it on the soldering iron until then end of the strip of solder goes into a ball and try to flick it off on to the damp cloth with the soldering iron if it sticks to the soldering iron rub the iron onto the cloth. You should have a small smooth ball of solder not to small but not massive. Ok now place the ball of solder into the Wiikey easy solder holes, and heat the ball of solder this will then obviously stick to the Wiikey and hopefully your Wii drive board. Don’t apply to much pressure for to long or you will obviously overheat the chips, and use a bit of flux on the solder before you turn it in a ball. That was the method I used when soldering my Cyclowiz and it worked straight away. I hope that made scense to you. Good luck mate just ask if you need anything.
With a customer's Wii I solder directly to the legs- http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9453/img5303yn3.jpg Hope this helps.
Damn! You massacred your Wii. You're more than likely going to have to solder directly to the legs of the drive chip. However, If you managed to mess up the install that bad, I'd highly recommend you send it to a pro modder.
no at all lucky the solder wont fix i should find a pro solder but in portugal is a bit difficult to find one who agree to chip a wii... well i think i ll start to pray for o boot cd :/ anyways thx all
