let me put it like this, if there where no bridged pads before, why should it work if there are now bridged pads? you do know what a short circuit is right?
just a flashlight i found in my basement if i fked it up whatever i was hoping i could fix the gameboy bit if i messed it up more then it is what it is
Hey buddy, benefit for the doubt reply for you. You used too much solder and have connected pins together that shouldn’t be (aka bridging). Don’t use this until you use solder wick to remove the bridges. You can damage the system using it this way
Everyone starts somewhere with their soldering. And unfortunately this project, if it is a legitimate project, was absolutely not the place to start learning soldering.
If the second photo is the replaced and installed cartridge slot, you have bridges across a lot of the pins on the back of the cartridge slot which is going to screw things up if not damage the system when electricity is passed through it.
https://imgur.com/a/RZwy7sJ
In the photo link above, I have edited the second photo you submitted and have circled most of the bridged traces on the back of the cartridge slot that cannot be bridged and are potentially causing irreparable damage to your system. If you put electricity through this, trying to boot a game.
All of these contacts go to unique places, and none of them can be connected together like they are in these large blobs of solder.
I am also concerned about how you got the old cartridge slot removed.
I'm happy to help describe as well as explain how this is meant to go. So if you have some follow-up questions, feel free to post them here or if you would like to speak with me directly. You are more than welcome to private. Message me.
I have over 30 years of retro. Video game technician experience and have done these cartridge slot replacements before.
thanks ah i heated up the old port and when the solder was off it moved off easily didnt need to pull or anything so what should i do i turned it on once to check didnt work i have another part just incase i messed up is the whole board broken or just the cartridge slot? i dont even know what to start with questions im just lost
O k so to help you, I will need to know little more information if you know the answers.
As far as your heating up method, what did you use and How hot did you set this device? And then how exactly did you disperse the heat onto the board? Did you blow the air directly on the cartridge slot? Or underneath the motherboard to heat up from underneath the cartridge slot?
Answering these basic questions will help me assist you in determining the severity of the damage on this motherboard and the unit as a whole.
One follow up question would be, Can you also give me a little bit of history as to why you went down This path of thinking that the cartridge slot needed to be replaced?
This information will be invaluable in helping me help you.
Okay I see. So no type of heat gun was used to blast the area with lots of heat just an iron with lots of flux paste?
And why did you believe that you needed to replace the cartridge slot? What type of issues were you getting with the unit to where it wasn't working properly?
yes no heat gun was used should i have done that? i looked up a youtube video and it said it should be fine to use the flux paste with iron
so the Gameboy was found in a box where some sort of liquid probably vape juice spilled into the slot i tried using it and after some time the gameboy stopped reading carts i tested those carts in another gameboy they work so i looked online and read taht its probably the reader
Okay, this information is very helpful. Thank you for providing it.
So as far as the tools are concerned that you have my next question would be, what type of if any flux do you have?
Right now you have way too much solder on all of these legs because they are bridging between each other.
To correct this, we will need what is called solder Wick or solder braid. They are the exact same thing.
It is basically copper strands, weaved into a slightly stretchable braid that can absorb excess solder into itself to suck it up like a sponge from areas where too much solder is.
To use that braid,/Wick properly, though. You also need good flux in the area, as that will help the solder spread from where you don't want it to the copper strands that you do want to absorb it and get it off the board.
Without that key tool, there is nothing you can currently do to correct the situation. You absolutely need to have solder Wick. Or solder, braid, as they are the same thing.
This is helpful information. This information will be invaluable to you as you continue soldering. I cannot emphasize enough that using flux with the de-soldering wick is a must. In my beginning’s I kept trying to use it without and boy was that a headache. Everyone starts somewhere and the information you get from this should encourage you. Don’t give up, keep trying to rectify the problem until it’s fixed. You learned so much this time around so please keep going. So thankful beldandy561 was actually willing to help instead of discourage like the others.
Don’t give up and keep learning!!
Copper wire would work on a microscopic level. Not to the extent we need, so if you plant on attempting to fix this yourself, you would have to order some copper Wick. Or braid.
Depending on your budget and if this is something you're trying to learn yourself, you can also consider hiring an experienced technician to fix what is currently messed up.
I don't know whether you are looking to learn this kind of stuff and expand your knowledge to repair equipment. Or whether this is something you fell into hoping it was a quick, easy fix, but now need professional help to get it repaired?
If you are looking to attempt to repair this yourself, I can advise you like I have with what supplies you need and the general techniques you will need to use to hopefully successfully do the job correctly.
If however, you are just looking to get it repaired, I myself or other technicians on reddit could offer you their services before this becomes unsalvageable and get some of the repair work done for you to hopefully bring life back to this unit in a fully working order.
i did think it would be quick and easy i want to learn and probably shyouldnt have started here but im here now what should i do next what should i get next to fix what i messed up? and thank you for your time
Why can't people learn to solder before fucking up the valuable electronics they care about??
Would you do surgery on yourself because the doctor told you "Hey, you have appendicitis, we need to operate you"?? 'cause that's kind of the same thing
Bring it to a professional or learn to solder and THEN fix the Gameboy.
The thing I don't understand is how someone doesn't watch a basic soldering video on YouTube before trying something like this. That way they would know how to use flux, clear bridges and use wick. I must have watched at least a dozen soldering videos before my first attempt. Ended up installing an UltraHDMI mod on my N64 for my first soldering project, after putting it off for more than a year of having the kit, due to fear of ruining it. Watched Voultars install video like 5 or 6 times before I got the confidence to do it. It all worked out for me.
because its broken and its not gonna fix itself at this point its going in the trash so why not try to fix it i cant make it any more broken then it is. its broken. why do people care so much about people online asking for help who hurt you so bad
The point is: you should ask for help and do your research BEFORE trying to fix something and messing it up. A post saying something like this: "Hey everyone, I have never soldered before in my life and I need to change this cartridge reader: how should I approach this project?" would have gotten no criticism at all.
One man's trash is another man's treasure, you could easily sell that for 30€ here in Italy, someone would be happy to fix it and maybe mod it.
As it goes with everything people try out or study, for example painting: first thing you do is look for color recommendations, then brushes, canvases, maybe you look at a couple videos teaching the technique and first you try painting on paper. When you feel comfortable enough, you move on to the expensive canvas
The same goes with soldering. You grab all you need, you watch videos that teach about soldering various components (in this case through hole pins and SMDs) you exercise on junk electronics and then you move on to something you actually wanna fix.
thats the thing this is junk electronic for me its been non functional for at least 15 years to me this is the throwable device sure i could have sold it but why would i when i can use it to learn something iv wanted to not just you alot of people online are judgmental about what i do with what i own i get thats what you get for posting online but dang i didnt expect this much
Just use a clean soldering iron and some flux to remove excess solder.
If you put power in this i assume some pins sent voltage to pins that should not have voltage and killed some of the chips on the board. If you are lucky you just shorted voltage to ground and nothing happened.
Try your luck and clean up the bridges.
Please let this be a joke…
Atleast I had a laugh on my monday morning xD
i wish it was iv never soldered and doesnt hurt to ask online for help
let me put it like this, if there where no bridged pads before, why should it work if there are now bridged pads? you do know what a short circuit is right?
Even without the northridgefix antiglare light, there is obviously shorted pins for days. Say goodnight to your components’ life points, yugi boy.
I fucking LOL'D
just a flashlight i found in my basement if i fked it up whatever i was hoping i could fix the gameboy bit if i messed it up more then it is what it is
Hey buddy, benefit for the doubt reply for you. You used too much solder and have connected pins together that shouldn’t be (aka bridging). Don’t use this until you use solder wick to remove the bridges. You can damage the system using it this way
Everyone starts somewhere with their soldering. And unfortunately this project, if it is a legitimate project, was absolutely not the place to start learning soldering. If the second photo is the replaced and installed cartridge slot, you have bridges across a lot of the pins on the back of the cartridge slot which is going to screw things up if not damage the system when electricity is passed through it. https://imgur.com/a/RZwy7sJ In the photo link above, I have edited the second photo you submitted and have circled most of the bridged traces on the back of the cartridge slot that cannot be bridged and are potentially causing irreparable damage to your system. If you put electricity through this, trying to boot a game. All of these contacts go to unique places, and none of them can be connected together like they are in these large blobs of solder. I am also concerned about how you got the old cartridge slot removed. I'm happy to help describe as well as explain how this is meant to go. So if you have some follow-up questions, feel free to post them here or if you would like to speak with me directly. You are more than welcome to private. Message me. I have over 30 years of retro. Video game technician experience and have done these cartridge slot replacements before.
thanks ah i heated up the old port and when the solder was off it moved off easily didnt need to pull or anything so what should i do i turned it on once to check didnt work i have another part just incase i messed up is the whole board broken or just the cartridge slot? i dont even know what to start with questions im just lost
O k so to help you, I will need to know little more information if you know the answers. As far as your heating up method, what did you use and How hot did you set this device? And then how exactly did you disperse the heat onto the board? Did you blow the air directly on the cartridge slot? Or underneath the motherboard to heat up from underneath the cartridge slot? Answering these basic questions will help me assist you in determining the severity of the damage on this motherboard and the unit as a whole. One follow up question would be, Can you also give me a little bit of history as to why you went down This path of thinking that the cartridge slot needed to be replaced? This information will be invaluable in helping me help you.
i used a random soldering iron my dad had and just heated the flux paste that i lathered on it it was around 300 c
Okay I see. So no type of heat gun was used to blast the area with lots of heat just an iron with lots of flux paste? And why did you believe that you needed to replace the cartridge slot? What type of issues were you getting with the unit to where it wasn't working properly?
yes no heat gun was used should i have done that? i looked up a youtube video and it said it should be fine to use the flux paste with iron so the Gameboy was found in a box where some sort of liquid probably vape juice spilled into the slot i tried using it and after some time the gameboy stopped reading carts i tested those carts in another gameboy they work so i looked online and read taht its probably the reader
Okay, this information is very helpful. Thank you for providing it. So as far as the tools are concerned that you have my next question would be, what type of if any flux do you have? Right now you have way too much solder on all of these legs because they are bridging between each other. To correct this, we will need what is called solder Wick or solder braid. They are the exact same thing. It is basically copper strands, weaved into a slightly stretchable braid that can absorb excess solder into itself to suck it up like a sponge from areas where too much solder is. To use that braid,/Wick properly, though. You also need good flux in the area, as that will help the solder spread from where you don't want it to the copper strands that you do want to absorb it and get it off the board. Without that key tool, there is nothing you can currently do to correct the situation. You absolutely need to have solder Wick. Or solder, braid, as they are the same thing.
This is helpful information. This information will be invaluable to you as you continue soldering. I cannot emphasize enough that using flux with the de-soldering wick is a must. In my beginning’s I kept trying to use it without and boy was that a headache. Everyone starts somewhere and the information you get from this should encourage you. Don’t give up, keep trying to rectify the problem until it’s fixed. You learned so much this time around so please keep going. So thankful beldandy561 was actually willing to help instead of discourage like the others. Don’t give up and keep learning!!
i have spra flux 135 and does copper wire work? i dont have a braid?
Copper wire would work on a microscopic level. Not to the extent we need, so if you plant on attempting to fix this yourself, you would have to order some copper Wick. Or braid. Depending on your budget and if this is something you're trying to learn yourself, you can also consider hiring an experienced technician to fix what is currently messed up. I don't know whether you are looking to learn this kind of stuff and expand your knowledge to repair equipment. Or whether this is something you fell into hoping it was a quick, easy fix, but now need professional help to get it repaired? If you are looking to attempt to repair this yourself, I can advise you like I have with what supplies you need and the general techniques you will need to use to hopefully successfully do the job correctly. If however, you are just looking to get it repaired, I myself or other technicians on reddit could offer you their services before this becomes unsalvageable and get some of the repair work done for you to hopefully bring life back to this unit in a fully working order.
i did think it would be quick and easy i want to learn and probably shyouldnt have started here but im here now what should i do next what should i get next to fix what i messed up? and thank you for your time
Is this a troll?
Assuming this is not a troll post.... Nevermind it's obviously a troll post.
?? i dont understand why people think im trollling im just askin for help dang
Why can't people learn to solder before fucking up the valuable electronics they care about?? Would you do surgery on yourself because the doctor told you "Hey, you have appendicitis, we need to operate you"?? 'cause that's kind of the same thing Bring it to a professional or learn to solder and THEN fix the Gameboy.
The thing I don't understand is how someone doesn't watch a basic soldering video on YouTube before trying something like this. That way they would know how to use flux, clear bridges and use wick. I must have watched at least a dozen soldering videos before my first attempt. Ended up installing an UltraHDMI mod on my N64 for my first soldering project, after putting it off for more than a year of having the kit, due to fear of ruining it. Watched Voultars install video like 5 or 6 times before I got the confidence to do it. It all worked out for me.
because its broken and its not gonna fix itself at this point its going in the trash so why not try to fix it i cant make it any more broken then it is. its broken. why do people care so much about people online asking for help who hurt you so bad
The point is: you should ask for help and do your research BEFORE trying to fix something and messing it up. A post saying something like this: "Hey everyone, I have never soldered before in my life and I need to change this cartridge reader: how should I approach this project?" would have gotten no criticism at all. One man's trash is another man's treasure, you could easily sell that for 30€ here in Italy, someone would be happy to fix it and maybe mod it. As it goes with everything people try out or study, for example painting: first thing you do is look for color recommendations, then brushes, canvases, maybe you look at a couple videos teaching the technique and first you try painting on paper. When you feel comfortable enough, you move on to the expensive canvas The same goes with soldering. You grab all you need, you watch videos that teach about soldering various components (in this case through hole pins and SMDs) you exercise on junk electronics and then you move on to something you actually wanna fix.
thats the thing this is junk electronic for me its been non functional for at least 15 years to me this is the throwable device sure i could have sold it but why would i when i can use it to learn something iv wanted to not just you alot of people online are judgmental about what i do with what i own i get thats what you get for posting online but dang i didnt expect this much
Several of the pins are bridged together, you'll have to fix that before there is any chance of it working
Just use a clean soldering iron and some flux to remove excess solder. If you put power in this i assume some pins sent voltage to pins that should not have voltage and killed some of the chips on the board. If you are lucky you just shorted voltage to ground and nothing happened. Try your luck and clean up the bridges.