Just got a soldering iron for Christmas, and I'd love to fix this port. Any tips for someone who, so far, has never ever EVER soldered anything in his life?

Posted Wed May 21, 2003 10:41 AM
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Posted Wed May 21, 2003 11:42 AM
So, my old VCS works great, even though it spent about six years in my parents' limestone basement until I rescued it about a year ago...except the left joystick port is kind of shaky. I knew about that problem; it had that problem when I still used it regulary. Basically, I'd have to adjust the joystick cable to a certain position before the port worked. [Yes, it's the port and NOT the joystick.] So I figured there must be a short in a connection.
Just got a soldering iron for Christmas, and I'd love to fix this port. Any tips for someone who, so far, has never ever EVER soldered anything in his life?
Posted Wed May 21, 2003 11:43 AM
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Posted Thu May 22, 2003 7:35 AM
I've done soldering professionally for a lot of years so here are a few tips:
- The biggest mistake I see people doing when soldering is to touch the solder directly to the iron when soldring a joint. Instead, put the iron on one side of the pin and the solder on the opposite side. When the solder starts melting the heat of the iron will pull the solder around the pin giving you a good joint.
Dan
Posted Thu May 22, 2003 2:21 PM
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Posted Tue May 27, 2003 3:19 PM
I've done soldering professionally for a lot of years so here are a few tips:
Posted Thu May 29, 2003 3:09 AM
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