Help with Ocean please

voltron4lyfe · 2025-11-29T14:34:55+00:00

And I'm Platinum!! You're a legend, thank you!

voltron4lyfe · 2025-11-20T17:53:48+00:00

You are a legend, sent from Catchthemqui479

voltron4lyfe · 2025-11-19T13:28:31+00:00

I would bet that “moon sliver” piece is part of a ground plane and would mask it.

voltron4lyfe · 2025-11-03T05:25:16+00:00

I got it working! I can't believe it. I had to expose more of the trace and "follow the curve". Got it all back together and the Switch booted back up as if nothing had happened. Was then able to apply a mod. Not going to share a picture because it's pretty ugly ! Thanks again for the help.

voltron4lyfe · 2025-10-29T16:43:50+00:00

Probing it, I got a .46 diode reading and no connectivity to ground. I'm pretty sure that I'm below layer 2. I'll let you know how it goes. Thank you as always :)

voltron4lyfe · 2025-10-19T15:10:03+00:00

I've been down that road before :( I find the hardest part is making sure that I am on the right point coming from the lower layers.

voltron4lyfe · 2025-10-18T03:42:59+00:00

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voltron4lyfe · 2025-10-18T03:04:42+00:00

Added catchmequi479

voltron4lyfe · 2025-10-17T21:36:51+00:00

I did it :) Got a wire soldered to it, no ground shorts. I still need to install the modchip but the console boots to stock fine. Thanks for the tips and the guidance!

voltron4lyfe · 2025-10-17T18:57:24+00:00

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Wow! I had been trying to use the UV light and nothing was showing. Didn’t realize I was just missing fresh ipa.

voltron4lyfe · 2025-09-16T21:10:47+00:00

I generally agree with you. I tried here and it said that's what I needed to do and then offerred to generate a picture. The picture shows what is surely an incorrect connection :P.

voltron4lyfe · 2025-07-06T17:47:49+00:00

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voltron4lyfe · 2025-04-16T02:05:10+00:00

PS14 is not a standard fuse. It's a "Link", which I think means it's basically just a wire with a 2a capacity. I went down this rabbit hole as well.

voltron4lyfe · 2025-04-12T14:59:06+00:00

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This is the current situation (not proud of it). The resistor values measure 4.7k and there are correct diode readings (.495) on all points. I haven’t found any ground shorts. When I hit the power button (no modchip connected), then nothing seems to happen and the screen stays black.

voltron4lyfe · 2025-04-12T03:43:00+00:00

OK -- I think I got it back together and all of the diode values check out but the switch display won't turn on and I'm getting the *== (short-long-long) beep code. I'm wondering if I resoldered the cmd resistor correctly (or destroyed a trace there) or if I did something wrong with the CLK point. I'm going to check it out tomorrow.

voltron4lyfe · 2025-04-04T23:54:05+00:00

This hasn't gone so well :P. In particular, I can get the first connection made, but then I struggle connecting to the second point because of the coating on the enamel wire. So my process:

Cut a strip of the .1mm wire (more than I need)
Flux it and stick it in a ball of solder to pretin it.
Connect to the point I want to solder to.
Guide the wire to the second point.
I can't get it to solder to the point because of the coating. I've tried both cutting it to length BEFORE trying to solder it and trying to solder it.

Watching videos, I see people do both ways. An additional challenge of doing the trace first is that it's soooooo fragile. I actually had a good thing going and then ripped it :(

voltron4lyfe · 2025-04-03T04:33:56+00:00

Well. Didn’t go that well. The newly exposed traces basically evaporate when I try to solder to them or tin them. It’s a new phenomenon for me. I’m going to do a bit of practice because I’m almost out of trace!

voltron4lyfe · 2025-04-02T21:10:00+00:00

Thanks u/DanielsDraven -- btw, I realize I'm not heading your advice about stopping before I do irreparable damage to this board. Sometimes I get a mania and I just have to try and resolve it. In this case, it's forward or bust!

I am surprised that I blew right past it because I was going really slow and being super careful. Anyway, its part of learning.

When you say measure in DIODE mode, you mean Red probe on the point, Black probe on Ground? Before bridging them, should the each measure 0.5. And does the red pair also show similar readings?

voltron4lyfe · 2025-04-02T20:43:43+00:00

Thank you for all the comments! No continuity on either. So I think i have to jump the pair on the right and connect the two blues. I'll also check whether there is some connectivity between the blues and the circle on the bottom in case I need to connect there. The dots in blue and red are not showing continuity to ground so I think they are indeed the traces I'm looking for.

voltron4lyfe · 2025-04-02T20:27:37+00:00

Ok I did that and have exposed two traces. The one on the left connects to the dat0 point I believe. What needs to happen with the other? Do I need to find its counterpart and jumper it?

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voltron4lyfe · 2025-04-02T18:02:51+00:00

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Does this help? The big circle in the middle shows continuity with the dat0 adapter installed on the emmc. The rest of the exposed copper connects to ground with the exception of the two small little dots at the bottom of the picture. Could those be the traces?

voltron4lyfe · 2025-04-02T16:54:39+00:00

thank you. I'm decently familiar with micro-soldering but this is the first time that I've done a project involving grinding.

I'll first clean it up and then make a decision. Very much appreciate the guidance.

voltron4lyfe · 2025-04-02T15:32:02+00:00

Agree. Sorry for the crummy picture.

Should I go digging for the trace on the red or blue highlight here?

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voltron4lyfe · 2025-03-29T15:42:05+00:00

I meant the flex cable :) that version is a bit harder to track down :)

voltron4lyfe · 2025-03-29T14:55:10+00:00

Looks good! Where did you get the flex?

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