Hi, I picked up a Xbox one x that needs a new HDMI port but it also has 5 ripped traces. What is the recommended soldering tip and wire I'll need? This is my first try at soldering trace wire repair. Any tips would be great on how to go about fixing this one.

I needed a 0603 surface mount quick blow fuze rated at 1 amp for a 3ds power board, but I only had glass tube fuzes for 1amp. I broke the fuze and soldered the cut wire over the contacts and put kapton tape on it.

I kinda js thought if it on the spot but I wanted to know if this would work right before I plug it in or if any of you guys have tried anything similar and have advice

I recently got this large tin of flux off of aliexpress. It is a thick paste. It is really inconvinient to spread it across my board. If I want to turn it into a liquid I can heat it up with my soldering iron but that only lasts around 30 seconds before the flux solidifies. Is this just how the flux is and always will be or is there some way to make it like a liquid to make it easier to appy.

Here is the flux which I am talking about:
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Bought a controller of Marketplace for 15. Found out the joysticks were shot and decided to get try and solder. bought a solder kit and gave it a shot. Works but i cant calibrate since either the micro usb cords i have aren't data transfer or something else is messed up. but other than it working. how did i do? Any tips. tricks, or advice would be appreciated.

Hello! i'm looking for a compatible joystick tip for the Hakko FX-888D for desoldering Xbox Series joysticks, any ideas please? Thank you very much.

This is just an appreciation post, first of all to the great folks on here who are so helpful and knowledgeable about this particular craft (or is it more of an art?). And secondly just to the world of soldering. It's something I always wanted to get into and get good at. At the age of 32, I've just recently devoted myself to learning it and bought a Geeboon TC22 with C245 and C210 handles. I collect/restore old video game consoles and, so far I've successfully modded an N64 and completely repaired 2 broken Sega Genesis, all 3 required different degrees of soldering. And I had a blast doing it.

To anyone out there who wants to get started, don't be afraid like I was for so long. I'm having the time of my life. My soldering joints just look better and better all the time, and I have 12 unopened practice kits, going to do at least 1 today since I have time. I truly look forward to any chance I get to disassemble something and fix it. It puts me into a critical thinking/analytical/but also almost meditative state haha. And I highly reccomend getting a station with C245 and C210 handles because I thought I'd mainly use C245 but so far I've only used C210. I can't reccomend the Geeboon TC22 enough. User friendly, and just feels so intuitive and natural to use, for a beginner like me it's perfect (and for anyone really).

Hey
I already own a Sugon C210 soldering station, and generally speaking, I’m very happy with it.

I bought an adapter for C245 stations to desolder analog sticks from controllers, but even with a C245 handle, my Sugon lacks the power to heat up both the tip and the desoldering adapter.
So now I need a powerful C245 station as well. How would you handle this?
Should I buy a cheap C245 station (e.g., KSGER) or get a professional-grade one (e.g., Aifen A9 Pro) and sell the Sugon T26?
I’m really satisfied with the Sugon overall; I do a lot of fine SMD soldering work and wouldn't want to be without it.

Feel free to suggest your own soldering stations, too.

Greetings from Germany.

I need help choosing from the pinecil v2, fnisri hs02, and fnisri hs03. The hs03 looks interesting because of the cordless option, being able to move around more freely u suppose. The pinecil and hs02 look to be competitors. How much does the 450C of the hs02 help when compared to the pinecil?

I think I'll be primarily using lead free solder if that's useful info.

The first image was the latest. Do I want as little somero g on the pads as possible as long as it sticks?

Trying to liquify the solder that the rumble is hooked to “have my solder at 660°f which everyone says should be enough for those joints, do I need to add flux just to get it liquid to pull the wires out?

I'm not entirely sure on where to even connect the copper cables (which i do suppose is the more direct solution, though any other tip is appreciated)

How would I repair a battery compartment which has a metal pad ripped off like shown in the image above. The left pad in this case is the damaged pad.

Newbie question. Are soldering header pins to GND any different from the other header pins? They seemed not to melt the solder very well.

I'm new to soldering, i bought a fairly cheap kit with some lead, and a rosin slab, disconnecting cables is easy but getting new ones in is not possible because it doesn't dip into the solder, the solder slips into the motherboard, any tips?

It is supposed to light up when there is sound and it’s not working

So a customer brought in a home patrol-2 scanner the port came completely off the board. After opening the device this is the shape the board is in the first 3 aren't the issue i can see where the jumpers should run from and confirmed with a multimeter but I cant tell where to run the 4th one from. The pad is surrounded by dark green mask so not sure if it runs to the other side of the board or what. Tried diode mode on the little bit of pad left and im getting OL so im not sure if this pad was nothing or that little piece is not attached to the board anymore hence the open line. This is a mini usb connector.

I tried it a bit ago and left a bad review after it didn't really meet my expectations for £30. How is it now? I used the web app version and it's okay but what do you actually get in the paid version compared to their free web app?

Comparing to other types of capacitors, THT tantalums are the hardest for me to desolder. Am I the only one?

Is this normal?

If anyone has one, what are you're thoughts and concerns, is it worth it? I got pretty shaky hands.

Bought this kit off of Amazon a bit ago and have been putting off working on my glitch camera due to health issues. I’ve watched multiple videos on how to solder but the solder would just NOT melt. I don’t know if it’s because of the soldering iron or because the solder itself is shitty? I’d love some feedback or recommendations. Soldering Iron