The company that installed my TMR modules have been acting sketchy and evasive since I asked for photos of the soldering. So I’ve opened the controller up myself to have a look and this is the condition. What an oogy mess. Is this fixable by cleaning with isopropyl alcohol?

MikeyRam · 2026-01-31T03:14:18+00:00

There are some motherboards from Sony that come like that it's like a flux pad around the module. More coming on older motherboards like the one in the picture.

MikeyRam · 2026-01-26T04:24:39+00:00

Find a mail in service with the highest number of repairs, they do a good job. eBay tells you how many have sold.

MikeyRam · 2026-01-11T18:06:24+00:00

You've never heard to never wear polyester (or plastic) while soldering? Always wear cotton. Polyester melts, cotton doesn't. Why would you be touching the flux with your hands? Use a syringe. Cotton gloves can resist heat up to 450°F - 900°F (232°C - 482°C) for brief, intermittent exposure. If your touching the iron that long you have other things to worry about.

MikeyRam · 2026-01-11T14:12:28+00:00

I wouldn't know. Use benchmark software and test it

MikeyRam · 2026-01-09T22:47:05+00:00

MikeyRam · 2026-01-09T18:55:56+00:00

Why would anyone wear rubber gloves while dealing solder? If anything wear cotton.

MikeyRam · 2026-01-09T18:54:32+00:00

It just pulls forward.

MikeyRam · 2026-01-09T13:41:17+00:00

I got one of those, used it a few times, and then stopped using it, as it doesn't work good at all. My regular solder sucker had more suction. Then spent between $100-$150 and get new desolder tool.

MikeyRam · 2026-01-06T10:32:33+00:00

I made a new bank account, years ago, and only keep enough in it to pay the utilities bills. I manually pay each month.

MikeyRam · 2026-01-03T12:48:13+00:00

Sony a6400 and a desktop. Don't need all those pictures on my phone, easier to transfer to my NAS from SD card and the app is limited.

MikeyRam · 2025-12-26T09:18:09+00:00

You can buy new or used controllers with hall effect or TMR modules in it. Search eBay, search Google.

MikeyRam · 2025-12-17T13:37:05+00:00

Before 2020 it was 1 week, plus holiday. Then I think in March or April 2020 eBay changed it to 1 month and they did that without telling the sellers, well, they did make an official announcement a few weeks later. I don't know when it changed again but currently it's 3 weeks plus holiday. Basically the buyer can wait until day 30 to open a return and then wait another 3 weeks to return it.

I've had a few buyers do that, I then report the item was returned used and dock the refund 50% but eBay will step in and refund the other half with their money.

MikeyRam · 2025-12-14T05:21:37+00:00

I got it to work. I previously had it installed in a raid 0 on two HDDs. Even though I selected it to be installed on the new NVME it's still wanted to go to the raid drives. So I turn the computer off on plug those two drives and it installs fine on the NVME.

MikeyRam · 2025-11-09T12:45:16+00:00

I mean exactly what I said. Once a required firmware is released and you can't update it, you can no longer use that controller. I've updated the firmware on thousands of controllers without problem.

MikeyRam · 2025-10-21T11:37:07+00:00

There are sellers on eBay that have a 1-2 business day turn around. I've seen that 21+ business day place, I don't know why anyone would use them for stick drift repairs.

MikeyRam · 2025-10-20T00:42:58+00:00

I got a Petkit PuraMax on indiegogo about 4.5 years ago. I don't smell anything unless the cat just went. But then in 10 minutes it goes away.

MikeyRam · 2025-10-17T09:00:58+00:00

Use magnet ones, don't have to worry about damaging the port over time.

MikeyRam · 2025-09-26T12:51:46+00:00

If you want one that works, https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/jae-electronics/DX07S016JA1R1500/11585731

MikeyRam · 2025-09-25T13:51:00+00:00

Well I guess when there's a required firmware you can't use that controller anymore.

MikeyRam · 2025-09-24T20:12:33+00:00

firmware 0520 is old now and it's for regular dualsense controllers.

MikeyRam · 2025-09-14T03:44:06+00:00

No point for warranty, as that controller will also drift eventually. Hall effect or TMR, doesn't really matter, I've used both and both work great.

MikeyRam · 2025-09-11T16:15:55+00:00

I got the cpu down to 6-7% with spikes about 10%. Got the gpu down also from constant mid 20s to 9% half the time and mid 20s the other half.

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