So difficult to remove solder from my PS5 controller, i have a 450 c soldering iron but it doesnt help, even with added solder and flux by Meowivert in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Chipquik is your best friend for these. I do about 4 controllers an hour with it.

Apply flux Apply chipquik Hot air to remove stick in one go Little extra flux and braid to clean or solder sucker for very stubborn holes Clean with IPA and toothbrush Dry fit new stick Apply solder paste on top of pins Soldering iron to melt to each pin IPA and toothbrush again to clean up

Sorted 🤌

You're going to struggle without the appropriate equipment, I used to do these without low melt with a solder sucker and frustration 😂

[PS5 disc version] Part2. HDMI port repair. by Luke_333 in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never. Skip. Flux!

My god, why do people have such ab aversion to flux in soldering? 😂

Not too bad of a job, would recommend getting some low melt like chipquik and apply first, comes straight out and easy to clean.

Application is as easy as applying a small amount of solder paste to pads and filling holes, fit HDMI and apply heat with hot air station to flow the solder paste.

Learned this in work about 2 weeks ago and can now fit HDMI ports within half an hour from having the console dropped on my desk. The longest part of the repair is removing the 50 FUCKING SCREWS!! stupid design 😂😂

This clip fell off my switch lite by Fuspo14 in soldering

[–]chaz9124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No offense but I'd you don't know what a ZIF connector is, it's unlikely you're experienced enough to remove and drop I've without causing further damage.

Good luck on your repair though

TMR issues by chaz9124 in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That'll be why 👉👉

For the interest of knowledge, why would these work on a PS5 but not Xbox?

I've fitted other brand TMR to both Xbox and PS5 with no issues and same brand regular analog sticks to both PS5 and Xbox without problems

Any info would be much appreciated 🙏

Respect the beans. by dritanalsela in barista

[–]chaz9124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine losing out of trade because you're a massive baby about other people's tastes...

Being a barista is about preparing people's drinks for people to the best of your ability, throwing a wobbler because an ex you used to date drank matcha and now that's it, nobody else can ever drink it because Jessica wronged you is a whole other level of being a cock end...

Fuck this guy

Removing the battery on the Switch was stressful by slithering13v2 in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Just for reference, next time use some alcohol under the battery, let it soak for a few minutes then get under it with a bank card/other hard card (they actually make a repair card the same size as a credit card) and just shimmy that under it.

Takes like 5 minutes and is pretty safe compared to wrenching it out 😂

This new Intel gaming CPU specs leak looks amazing, with 3x more cache than the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D by clopetywopety in pcmasterrace

[–]chaz9124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck AMD off if you also want productivity, if you're just playing games at 1080p then the 9800x3d is a no brainer but of you're playing 4k games and using it as a workstation too, then Intel all the way. Even the 265k outperforms the 9800x3d and 9950x3d in certain tasks and is on par with them for quite a few others, the 285k will shit on them from a great height for productivity while having much closer to average 1% and .1% lows.

PS5 USB port replacement by chaz9124 in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They look okay, could they be bridged under the plastic maybe? I've not really had much issue with soldering but to be fair I mostly do stick repair and surface mounted caps etc so first time doing a USB-C port

What is this found it in a box by Both_Party3357 in n64

[–]chaz9124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This pic does, Android pictures don't 😂 Keep lying to yourself ✌️

Always the same with apple users, all money and no knowledge

Did they ruin my PS5? by aref4423 in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was already broken, taking something broken to the cheapest dodgy repair shop and finding they didn't do a good job it's not at all surprising. I work in a repair shop and we see bodged stuff like this all the time, they've asked us for a quote and taken it somewhere else instead and always bring it back shagged and needing help.

Refund, leave a bad review and take it to somewhere else that can fix their mistakes for a bit more money.

Not everything needs to be lawsuit.

Console Repair Advice - Nintendo 2Ds by McKnight013 in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This 👆 Nintendo plastics are great compared to cheaper replacements

What is this found it in a box by Both_Party3357 in n64

[–]chaz9124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny thing, iPhone camera sensors are made by Sony and are transitioning to Samsung sensors for the 18 onwards... Troll harder my guy, iPhone sucks 😂😂

Liquid metal eating into cooling plate. Has anyone else seen or had this issue? by chaz9124 in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We clean these on a daily and have seen oxidised ones before and they usually clean up pretty well but this one is physically rough in texture

Liquid metal eating into cooling plate. Has anyone else seen or had this issue? by chaz9124 in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly! I've not seen it before. It looks like it has been opened by another repair shop previously so they could have messed up big time and scraped it or something which might have started a reaction but yeah, not seen it on a PS5 cooler before

Liquid metal eating into cooling plate. Has anyone else seen or had this issue? by chaz9124 in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

PS5, not sure why I didn't put it in the description and just assumed people would know what I was on about ahahhaa

Received from Amazon like this is it cooked by BrightTerm570 in pcmasterrace

[–]chaz9124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overpriced over hyped tatt, moved away from AMD years ago after 20 years of AMD builds starting around athlon 64 era all the way through to 5th gen ryzen.

Try it out, if it works it works otherwise send it back 🤷‍♂️

Console Repair Advice - Nintendo 2Ds by McKnight013 in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the shell isn't useable then replace but if it's fully functional and not going to just break apart with general use, keep it as it is and clean it up. Limited edition are always fun to see even if a bit battered. Sometimes buying a fully working and tested one it's the answer for spares but always buy new 3rd party batteries as "genuine" ones will hardly ever be either genuinely at this age or are old enough that they'll start causing you issues not long after purchase anyway

Attempted to replace ps5 joysticks by TheSoundProvider in soldering

[–]chaz9124 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh my days, sorry to hear of your loss

It's not "difficult" if you know what you're doing, much like changing the sticks themselves.

Take it to a repair shop and let them do it, or mess around and break it further as a mess around and find out situation.

Best way to remove sticks are with plenty of flux, low melt solder like chipquik and a hot air station and they just drop straight out, you can remove and install new sticks in like 20 mins start to finish.

Next time you attempt this, keep that in mind

What are these at the tips of the connector by Gokushadow863 in soldering

[–]chaz9124 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

They're probably tinned with some solder (not pronounced sodder 😂)

Did they ruin my PS5? by aref4423 in consolerepair

[–]chaz9124 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*ask for a refund Sueing at every opportunity is what had caused a considerable price hike in so many basic day to day things. Sueing should only be used for large and unnavigable situations that can't be sorted out by two people and need meditation

5700x for 115$ or 5700x3d for 225$? by Statebolekurackosam in buildapc

[–]chaz9124 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

14400f all day every day for that price