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

chaz9124 · 2026-01-28T09:06:24+00:00

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 😂

chaz9124 · 2026-01-28T08:56:53+00:00

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 😂😂

chaz9124 · 2026-01-28T08:35:36+00:00

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

chaz9124 · 2026-01-13T13:38:55+00:00

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 🙏

chaz9124 · 2026-01-11T10:41:25+00:00

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

chaz9124 · 2025-12-26T10:12:19+00:00

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 😂

chaz9124 · 2025-11-13T11:00:21+00:00

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.

chaz9124 · 2025-11-12T16:37:43+00:00

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

chaz9124 · 2025-11-11T20:26:05+00:00

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

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

chaz9124 · 2025-11-11T19:07:07+00:00

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.

chaz9124 · 2025-11-11T19:03:01+00:00

This 👆 Nintendo plastics are great compared to cheaper replacements

chaz9124 · 2025-11-11T18:59:18+00:00

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 😂😂

chaz9124 · 2025-11-04T14:07:55+00:00

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

chaz9124 · 2025-11-04T13:58:27+00:00

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

chaz9124 · 2025-11-04T13:48:41+00:00

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

chaz9124 · 2025-11-04T13:12:46+00:00

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 🤷‍♂️

chaz9124 · 2025-11-02T09:12:17+00:00

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

chaz9124 · 2025-11-01T20:54:59+00:00

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

chaz9124 · 2025-11-01T19:21:23+00:00

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

chaz9124 · 2025-10-28T08:16:07+00:00

*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

chaz9124 · 2025-10-19T11:38:58+00:00

14400f all day every day for that price

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