Print

[Joshatdot]

For months I had a Softmod, and was happy with it.  I started to post and read alot of stuff here, and got the bug to mod my box even more.  So I got a 15watt iron from radio shack, some .022 solder, desoldering braid and a old sound card to practice on.

So after about 20+ practices of joining points on the sound card, I was confident to do the real thing on my xbox.

It went perfectly! My 1st joint was nice and smooth, the 2nd on the underside had a tiny lil fin/point.  Put back my xbox, and loaded 007 installer ... and BAM TSOP'ed!  

Booted with Xecuter2 logo and everything!  But soon after that it hung, and I realized my softmod was still installed.  So I loaded my MA game, uninstalled Krazies Ndure1.1, rebooted, and BYAAAH!! It works!!

[Textbook]

 @ caster420

Yeah, soldering isn't too hard, but sometimes I can't get the two points to stick to each other.  The solder just sticks to my iron.  It pisses me off.  Eventually I get it, but it's really annoying at first.

[Movax]

Yeah I have the same problem... found it works better if you use something to kind of hold the solder in place, like a safety pin, but sometime the pin gets stuck in the solder...

And, yeah, very funny caster!  

[Joshatdot]

LOL caster420

My new Radio Shack 15watt Iron was great to use, heated it up, fluxed the tip, wiped it alil, tinned it with a lil drop of solder, connected the 2 teeny tiny points!

When I was practicing on the sound card, fluxing the points/area to be joined made it harder to join them.  The solder just balled around the spot and didnt want to stretch over to the other spot.  So i just cleaned my xbox with isopropel alcohol, and joined the spots.