This level of invasive soldering/fabrication is SOOOO damn satisfying. I know it's a pain to do, been there done that a few times but your presentation and videography make it all worth it IMO! You've brought so much joy to my geek brain over the years. Blessings to you and yours and here's to your continued recovery and positive vibes! Cheers!
Bro, you are the man. that was crazy work! also, so glad to see you recovering, hope to be able to watch your repair videos until we are both old and grey! keep it up!
a good habit to get into regarding parallel traces is to try and solder them at different lengths so there is no chance that they bridge at all, but really nice work man and Wonderful news about the remission , Hope you're doing well.
i'm kinda surprised no company has made a coper applier pencil for fixing PCB traces, kinda like those super thin Gunpla pens but instead is some copper ink but yeah I'm super impressed by how easy you made it look
Have you ever tried attaching the enamel wire to the ports pins before attaching it to the board again? I've never done this type of work but find it very interesting and just had that thought.
You and my mate Vince make this look easy I got into it and I would not in 5 years at least be able to do this lol btw you and him got me into repairing
How do you rip that many traces off? It looks like they said screw it and just ripped the hdmi port off...They would have been better off to just use some diagonal cutter and cut it off...That repair looked tough, good job!
Yeah, that's the difference in a professional and a diy-er. Not to say that all diy-ers are bad at what the do but we all have, as Dirty Harry said, "A man's got to know his limitations." "Did I solder 9 traces, or 8." "Didn't put on the right amount of paste huh.............well, do you feel lucky that it won't overheat punk?" "Go ahead, plug it in and make my day."
I would recommend using pad strips, restore all the ripped pads and use the solder mask to get them settled in place then solder the HDMI. That way would be much easier
Treatment is going great. I finished with it a couple months ago and I'm in complete remission. This video was filmed a while ago (and it's a long version)
Why don’t they make some sort of stickers to stick on the board and make contact from those points to the hdmi port that would make repairing torn traces easy
There are adhesive backed foils made for this purpose but they're generally not suitable for connectors as they're too fragile. They're also considerably more expensive and don't really work well for curved traces.
Honest question: would it be easier to solder the wire on the port and leave the ends random before putting the port on the board? Seems like there’d be more room.
there is no way those wires didnt short out on each other at somepoint in that repair.the soldering was all over the place! i recon u pulled a working xbox off the shelf at the end😂
What temp is your hot air? Edit: would it of been easier to connect wire first to the commecting point on board and then run it up to where port is and then install port over the wire and good pads?
Would using the tracer placement pads work if you have them on hand or just stick with the enameled wire? Also where would I be able to find a bent tip such as yours. I bought 2 soldering stations and they are all straight tips.
I bought one off of ebay same thing, just different pins. Thanks to this video I'm pretty sure I'll be able to fix it. Thanks again for all your amazing videos. And f^@% cancer! Cheers!
what gauge wire do you like to use for these trace repairs? and do you have a preferred dispenser tool you'd recommend, the one i have is infuriatingly bad, to the point i just hold the roll of wire
I just bought some nice soldering equipment and let me tell you, if you have any experience at all having good equipment makes these kind of jobs much easier!
Hi Steve, congratulations on your big news, that's awesome! I got a question for you. I've recently just landed my first repair shop job and will start in few weeks, do you have any advice for me going in to it?
Congrats on your first repair shop job! I've never worked for someone else in a repair shop so I'm not sure if I'm the best to give advice but I'd just say to try to learn as much as you can from other people who work there, especially other techs who might know more than you. The more you know how to do in this business the better off you'll do. I know that's pretty general but hopefully it helps. Hope the job goes well and congrats again!
im no expert in doing this kind of work, but i feel that soldering the wire to the board. then soldering the pins in top of the wire would have been less work
Hi my Xbox series s just died tonight first it started off this afternoon when it kept turning off never told me why then just now I plugged it in to test it and it just made a huge pop and smells like fire or burning so ive unplugged it im gonna send it off to get seen to
Hey what kind of diodes are they and what kind of wire you are using, look like great easy enamel wires. Thanks for the info if you have the time. Enjoyed the video and subbed :)
If you're handy and like tools, sometimes you just get the urge to tinker. It's fun and so satisfying to learn a new skill when the stakes are low (an already busted series s counts as low stakes in my book). You win some and you lose some. Recently I battered my drone beyond repair, but I hard modded an otherwise un-useable Nintendo switch back to functioning (and then modded several more with my new skill). It's like gambling, but you get to learn a bit when you win and you get new tools in the process.
Why are you routing that wires with a knife, destroying the insulating lamination? (Ah i see you stopped using it after wire #2 or so) I know, you are doing it your way, which everybody does... Also I think you may have made that repair easier if you had used a smaller gauge wire
Steve, when you first said $10 per trace repair I thought that sounded a little steep. After watching, I'm thinking that's not really enough. I think that as viewers we forget your looking through a microscope and those are tiny and just minor hand shaking can make it harder to put on.
No way around that one that was an ugly fix lol , you had to be thinking why did I buy this most of the way thru that job ,I would not have payed half that much for it, you definitely did guy a solid . I was thinking of a way around this have a small pcb made the trace spots are staggered so as to make soldering easier and the board can glueover board
Steve ....I don't get it why didn't you shoulder it from left to right for ease and rather making the repair more difficult and time consuming for yourself
Whew man. The level of patience you need for this is incredible.
I was the one that sold this to you! Glad you were able to bring it back to life
how the hell did you rip all of the tracers off??
@@SignifiedSix I am also waiting for his reply
amature you hurt a xbox life
This level of invasive soldering/fabrication is SOOOO damn satisfying. I know it's a pain to do, been there done that a few times but your presentation and videography make it all worth it IMO! You've brought so much joy to my geek brain over the years. Blessings to you and yours and here's to your continued recovery and positive vibes! Cheers!
Generally when I hear "They tried to fix it" They used a 1970's wood chisel with a blow torch heating it. Steve makes it look too easy :D
Bro, you are the man. that was crazy work! also, so glad to see you recovering, hope to be able to watch your repair videos until we are both old and grey! keep it up!
a good habit to get into regarding parallel traces is to try and solder them at different lengths so there is no chance that they bridge at all, but really nice work man and Wonderful news about the remission , Hope you're doing well.
That sure was a lot of work. $10 per trace seems like a bargain.
In my opinion that's easier than that. He just used the wrong wires. Maybe thinner the better
You are a freaking Picasso with those tweezers. I'm still trying to get my kida a Series X after theirs was stolen. Amazing soldering work.
Gotta fix that headline. That’s a Series S, not an X.
I mean... the fix would be pretty much the same, but true lol
He's fixed it so well that it went from series s to series x 👏 awesome 👌
Got it changed, thanks for the heads up!
I didn't know this channel was a thing!
Sweet!
love your work man and wish you a speedy recovery buddy
I feel like I am watching surgery... intense and frustrating.. I can't imagine how hard it is to keep your hands this steady!
Very impressed with your work. That took a lot of patience. Keep up the good work. Love the videos.
i'm kinda surprised no company has made a coper applier pencil for fixing PCB traces, kinda like those super thin Gunpla pens but instead is some copper ink
but yeah I'm super impressed by how easy you made it look
Surgical precision with high level patience. Very impressive
Glad your doing better fella, from UK
Have you ever tried attaching the enamel wire to the ports pins before attaching it to the board again? I've never done this type of work but find it very interesting and just had that thought.
You and my mate Vince make this look easy I got into it and I would not in 5 years at least be able to do this lol btw you and him got me into repairing
Well done! I admire your level of skill and patience 😅
i was mesmerized all the way through this..loved every second :) Great job and thankyou :)
How do you rip that many traces off? It looks like they said screw it and just ripped the hdmi port off...They would have been better off to just use some diagonal cutter and cut it off...That repair looked tough, good job!
they had to have just losened the pins sticking into the board and yanked at it. Thats ALOT of damage.
Definately no flux, wick or heat station.
Yeah, that's the difference in a professional and a diy-er.
Not to say that all diy-ers are bad at what the do but we all have, as Dirty Harry said, "A man's got to know his limitations."
"Did I solder 9 traces, or 8."
"Didn't put on the right amount of paste huh.............well, do you feel lucky that it won't overheat punk?"
"Go ahead, plug it in and make my day."
I would recommend using pad strips, restore all the ripped pads and use the solder mask to get them settled in place then solder the HDMI. That way would be much easier
I appreciate your content and wish you all the best!
Never doubted you Steve. You're the best 😉👍.
Oh man! How is your treatment? recovery? I've been following your videos for years now!
May God bless you!
Treatment is going great. I finished with it a couple months ago and I'm in complete remission. This video was filmed a while ago (and it's a long version)
@@TronicsFixLongs Thats GREAT news!!!!
Why don’t they make some sort of stickers to stick on the board and make contact from those points to the hdmi port that would make repairing torn traces easy
Thats a pretty cool idea!
Trace repair kits exist. Just more expensive, fragile and in short lengths which make enamel wires the best solution.
There are adhesive backed foils made for this purpose but they're generally not suitable for connectors as they're too fragile. They're also considerably more expensive and don't really work well for curved traces.
@@Zellot360 well I believe there is always a way to improve it
Thanks for the info
I think you need a thinner wire. Great job as always
I think that if you use solder mask to first glue all the wires in place could be easier to soldering them to the pins
Well done Steve,that was bloody wiring micro surgery!
3:34 I was getting Sesame Street Count flashbacks lol....love it
I love your videos and I learn things that I wouldn't have otherwise. Why do you use enamel coated wire instead of non coated?
Great job man! From brazil!
Awesome Repair and Video! Thank You.
Thanks for rapid response on my order Steve f cancer
I hed my series s to 2018 to 2024 because i take care of my console and good job Steve
Nice wiring job. What did this guy use on this board, a blow torch? This kind of heat is what can separate PCB layers, couldn't it?
Bro, watching you trying to put those enamel wires on those pins made my stomach hurt. Why didn't you tin the tips of the wires first? Lol
Wow, that guy used a wire brush on a drill to remove that hdmi port.
WOW, that was a great video. Thank you
Honest question: would it be easier to solder the wire on the port and leave the ends random before putting the port on the board? Seems like there’d be more room.
I gotta admit... I doubted you 😅... But as usual you didn't disappoint!
great job . however .. i will have removed the diods and then work on the traces and the resolder the diods... but great work...!!!
there is no way those wires didnt short out on each other at somepoint in that repair.the soldering was all over the place! i recon u pulled a working xbox off the shelf at the end😂
Why not stagger the wires to the traces? Keep them from being right next to eachother and possibly shorting out?
Congratulations!
Wow, excellent work.
Question: what is flux actually made of? It looks like an oil of some kind but that can’t be right, can it?
Wow what a job 👍
im i the only one who watch the vidéo with normal speed, and get exited to see it work 😅
Man, this was Crazy!
Hey, whats that metal tube you use to dispense the enameled wire? I dont see it on your amazon store but I can see it being very helpful. Thanks!
a faster way is to use large mini pads for each pins and the solder 0.1mm wire to each trace
Counter clockwise on heat pro technique 🎉🎉🎉
Is there a manufacturing fault with the HDMI ports on xboxes? It seems to be the one thing that’s repeatedly broken on these.
i suggest you dont grind the traces at same level. better to give some distance between close traces. it will make life easier when soldering.
What temp is your hot air?
Edit: would it of been easier to connect wire first to the commecting point on board and then run it up to where port is and then install port over the wire and good pads?
Would using the tracer placement pads work if you have them on hand or just stick with the enameled wire? Also where would I be able to find a bent tip such as yours. I bought 2 soldering stations and they are all straight tips.
I would really love to know how people are damaging their HDMI ports all the time. My console has been in the same place since I bought it.
Magician at work.
Is it just me or is it kind of hard to breathe while he's doing the trace reconstruction?
Why are people unplugging HDMI cables so many times? I have never removed mine since I first set up my PS5 4 years ago!
Do you ever use a little vacuum cleaner to get fuzz and crap off? ty
Where so you get your tweezers? I need some really good ones for this type of stuff.
I bought one off of ebay same thing, just different pins. Thanks to this video I'm pretty sure I'll be able to fix it. Thanks again for all your amazing videos. And f^@% cancer! Cheers!
If I have an Xbox that needs repair that I want to sell, who would I email or speak to?
what gauge wire do you like to use for these trace repairs? and do you have a preferred dispenser tool you'd recommend, the one i have is infuriatingly bad, to the point i just hold the roll of wire
90 for this trace repair 😮
That's definitely a rough repair and ik with my skill that's 4 hours worth of repair and alot of cussing
I just bought some nice soldering equipment and let me tell you, if you have any experience at all having good equipment makes these kind of jobs much easier!
@@brucepreston3927 my equipment is amazing but I've got a bad habit of drinking monsters and they make me shake so bad lol
@@brucepreston3927 I use ksger btw
What size and brand enamel wire do you use and where can I purchase it. Thanks!
Kudos for wanting to fix it yourself, but how in the world did they destroy those traces that bad?
Probably pulled on port with not enough heat on those pins
Hi Steve, congratulations on your big news, that's awesome! I got a question for you. I've recently just landed my first repair shop job and will start in few weeks, do you have any advice for me going in to it?
Congrats on your first repair shop job! I've never worked for someone else in a repair shop so I'm not sure if I'm the best to give advice but I'd just say to try to learn as much as you can from other people who work there, especially other techs who might know more than you. The more you know how to do in this business the better off you'll do. I know that's pretty general but hopefully it helps.
Hope the job goes well and congrats again!
hope you are doing well man
How are you dispensing the wire? Is it through a syringe end or something?
hard work and good end !!!!😁😁😁😁😁
im no expert in doing this kind of work, but i feel that soldering the wire to the board. then soldering the pins in top of the wire would have been less work
Morning bro, what wire do ypu use for the traces please.
Hi my Xbox series s just died tonight first it started off this afternoon when it kept turning off never told me why then just now I plugged it in to test it and it just made a huge pop and smells like fire or burning so ive unplugged it im gonna send it off to get seen to
Hey what kind of diodes are they and what kind of wire you are using, look like great easy enamel wires. Thanks for the info if you have the time. Enjoyed the video and subbed :)
Imagine if you will this port needs to be changed in the future…… I do not envy that repair person lol
That soldering is very hard to do
Wow that's BRUTAL!! Why would you ever even attempt a repair like that without knowing your capabilities???
That's what I was wondering for sure
If you're handy and like tools, sometimes you just get the urge to tinker. It's fun and so satisfying to learn a new skill when the stakes are low (an already busted series s counts as low stakes in my book).
You win some and you lose some. Recently I battered my drone beyond repair, but I hard modded an otherwise un-useable Nintendo switch back to functioning (and then modded several more with my new skill). It's like gambling, but you get to learn a bit when you win and you get new tools in the process.
Hey what is a good soder station for a beginner
I never doubted you :'(
Whew, that was gnarly.
it still disgust me how replacing an hdmi port on that console is like 120 before tax in some locations.
Hope you're winning the battle Steve
Nice jobb ❤
Very difficult job but tronicsfixed
Just how did they manage to mangle the traces up that bad? XD
Desoldering is not a test of strength! If you feel resistance when you're desoldering something, you're doing it wrong!
What's happening with our hair dude or not looking too good?
Why are you routing that wires with a knife, destroying the insulating lamination? (Ah i see you stopped using it after wire #2 or so)
I know, you are doing it your way, which everybody does... Also I think you may have made that repair easier if you had used a smaller gauge wire
how dous one mess up that bad. crazy
Steve, when you first said $10 per trace repair I thought that sounded a little steep. After watching, I'm thinking that's not really enough. I think that as viewers we forget your looking through a microscope and those are tiny and just minor hand shaking can make it harder to put on.
No way around that one that was an ugly fix lol , you had to be thinking why did I buy this most of the way thru that job ,I would not have payed half that much for it, you definitely did guy a solid . I was thinking of a way around this have a small pcb made the trace spots are staggered so as to make soldering easier and the board can glueover board
Steve ....I don't get it why didn't you shoulder it from left to right for ease and rather making the repair more difficult and time consuming for yourself
How reliable are these these types of repairs long term?
brother are you ok
First series s I’ve seen broken ps5’s on the other hand I’ve seen hundreds 😆
I'm thinking buy a new Xbox Series S and send this one to the spare parts bin.
That's BS I can't believe you even attempted that. 👌👍😁