furon Posted February 2, 2018 Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 I rebuilt the LPC port on my Xbox v1.6 today and had kind of a tough time with it, so I'm curious what everyone else uses to mod their consoles; type of wire, flux, solder, soldering iron/station, soldering tip, soldering temperature, cleaning solution, etc. I used some 30AWG wire-wrapping wire from Amazon, an Aoyue 937+ with the fine tip that came with it, RadioShack rosin flux paste, and RadioShack 62/36/2 rosin-core solder. I've soldered quite a few 0.1" headers on microcontroller and FPGA development kits with great success, but their pads were like twice as thick as those on the Xbox's LPC port. I had a hell of a time getting the pads to heat so that the solder would flow nicely. I also ended up burning the solder mask in a couple of places where I left the tip on too long trying to get the pads heated. Fortunately it still seems to work, but the joints look pretty bad. I think part of the problem was the fine solder tip, but I didn't have much luck with a chisel tip either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOrPsE Posted February 2, 2018 Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) Ultracore 0.5mm thin solder wire, non-corrosive alloy; 60/40 Tin/Lead, with inner cores of flux from Eurasia, Kynar wire 30awg, liquid flux from amazon, Hakko 939-1, 700 F, isopropyl alcohol 91% just did my 1st LPC rebuild recently and it went smooth. Felt pretty easy. Edited February 2, 2018 by cOrPsE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 I'm poor so I use whatever I can. Wires from junk cables and stuff. Cheap flux with lead in it I gotta scrub off like crazy. A 25W no-name iron with a bare copper tip I brazed an extension on when corrosion got the better of it. A big coil of tin/lead solder I found in a box. Some knives. Needle files. Sandpapers. Strop paste. Various adhesives and solvents. It all does the job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewb0y Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Kynar wire, a $100 soldering station from china that has a heatgun and temperature controlled soldering iron with various tips. A couple of spring loaded vacuum solder suckers. (These things are great!) A magnifying lens so I can see better for close up work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wikati Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 On 2/3/2018 at 8:12 AM, fox said: I'm poor so I use whatever I can. Wires from junk cables and stuff. Cheap flux with lead in it I gotta scrub off like crazy. A 25W no-name iron with a bare copper tip I brazed an extension on when corrosion got the better of it. A big coil of tin/lead solder I found in a box. Some knives. Needle files. Sandpapers. Strop paste. Various adhesives and solvents. It all does the job. you are a bad ass mother fucker sorry for swearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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