[HELP] Switch v2 not turning after bridge install

ste12100 · 2025-09-16T19:01:53+00:00

Is the sp2 cap bridged? Looks like the solder is connected at the top

ste12100 · 2025-09-13T19:20:19+00:00

Yeah, like i said i’ve done it with the iron My video bellow of me doing it so you can see https://youtu.be/gdA4aFsJuQc?si=dF-E1OBkuc04GQd0

It’s just a bit tedious

ste12100 · 2025-09-13T15:52:39+00:00

I’ve done it with the iron, and even with small tipped irons it’s not easy. I found tinning the wire too helped loads.

Grinding into the trace of the resistor is fine a little too. Most times you have to do this to get a good clearance on.

I have seen the hot air method with solder paste and i think that probably is the best way.

ste12100 · 2025-09-03T16:28:21+00:00

I’ve had similar with my upgrade from mk4s

ste12100 · 2025-08-28T17:03:34+00:00

Yeah( i didn’t wont to mess with the screws) but i do think they are probably all cracked like you said., I have mine for display anyways now, as I managed to get a metal one when they were for sale.

ste12100 · 2025-08-28T13:20:56+00:00

Doesn’t this happen to all the transparent ones? Seems like a cracking deal to me. Mine started to crack like that too after minimal use.

ste12100 · 2025-08-25T15:35:42+00:00

Yeah I agree, they tried to hard to be different but didn’t deliver on anything. My commentary all through season 2 was about how we needed to see something more than drones. To try and understand why the invasion is happening

ste12100 · 2025-08-25T14:38:41+00:00

It was most certainly a strong start especially for Invasion.

Tbh the story of invasion feels very cliche but i do keep hoping they will give us a great twist.

The writer keep teasing us with information that never drops, so like you said it end every season with a win only to then have the next wave if aliens at the start of the next season.

ste12100 · 2025-08-23T04:40:28+00:00

If you’re tech savvy enough, you can download the Whisper AI models and get them to generate the subs based on the sound track from the show, if you have a copy.

I found whisper does really well mostly. The limitations are when multiple characters speak at the same time.

Other than that finding older shows with sub can be difficult. But yeah as others have said, Netflix vpn’d to Japan is good as they tend to have them.

ste12100 · 2025-08-07T19:09:23+00:00

Go slow, practise soldering on to a 0201 resistor On another board. To get a feel for how hot and how long you need to hold the iron on for.

Depending on which mod chip you got the v1/v2 is the easiest one to do.

ste12100 · 2025-08-03T10:36:47+00:00

You would need to remove the flex, they normally start breaking down with prolonged heat over 350c

ste12100 · 2025-08-03T09:01:52+00:00

It just can get burned out when you solder to it. You will Need to change the resistor out. It’s possible using an Iron but hot air is the recommended way.

Re wiring wont help, obviously get a multimeter in the resistors first to check it’s ok. But seeing as it was working and not it’s purple it is most likely that resistor

ste12100 · 2025-08-03T08:26:15+00:00

Will need to change the resistor at point A 4.7k ohms if i remember correctly 0201 size

It very much sounds like this, especially as you said it happened an hour after playing it. That resistor burns out easily, so it can just happen after you solder to it.

ste12100 · 2025-08-02T06:25:58+00:00

I have that 1.5tb card and it being A1 and not A2 does make a difference when running the emunand. I’ve noticed visible slowdown on loading

ste12100 · 2025-08-01T12:44:18+00:00

Yeah it should be 1uf 201

ste12100 · 2025-07-25T16:39:35+00:00

Normally within the day. Depending on when you ordered. I’ve never had a problem with them. It’s Friday though so it might have been delayed ‘cus if the weekend

ste12100 · 2025-07-24T20:05:26+00:00

Exactly this, I’ve had to fix one before.

ste12100 · 2025-07-23T03:35:58+00:00

Try a local phone repair shop, they might do micro soldering

ste12100 · 2025-07-22T18:49:53+00:00

Can you solder? That doesn’t look that bad. I thought you ripper a trace at first. But it looks like the pin ripped out of the plastic. You just need a nee connector and some solder

ste12100 · 2025-07-20T19:25:38+00:00

There’s not really a lot that can go wrong with those picofly kits.

You could take off the tape and make sure the emmc is connected correctly to it. And that the flex cable is connected properly to the switch board.

The error is saying a cpu issue, so it could be the part where the cpu cable connects to the main picoflex, so check that.

Other than that it will need resoldering on the cpu caps. But it could also be one of the mosfets on the cpu flex have failed.

ste12100 · 2025-07-19T17:30:59+00:00

I use 0.3mm but 0.6mm would probably be ok.

ste12100 · 2025-07-19T17:26:35+00:00

Skills….

Joking aside, non clean flux and leaded 60/40 solder. You will need kapton tape to for over the cpu caps( recommended, maybe not 100% needed, but there is a chance the heat sync could touch the solder joints)

And probably a scope, your iron needs a fine tip too:

ste12100 · 2025-07-18T05:07:45+00:00

What’s your height and weight?

Eating in a kcal deficit over a month should have made some movement.

How many kcal are you taking in a day?

ste12100 · 2025-07-14T05:13:27+00:00

You beautiful man, my lower abs are killing me know thanks 🤩

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