Author Topic: ok so a friend brought this over to me.......... (Read 5985 times)

krazyone2006 · « **on:** March 13, 2009, 09:35:21 AM »

ok so i got a friend who apperantly thought he could solder he was hooking up direct contact LEDs to the ground and 5v spots by the right speaker jack and he droped a glob of solder on the board right beside the pins he tried scraping it off with a rotary tool

now when he puts the board back in the psp and tries to turn it on the green light flashed for a second then nothing any clue if i can fix this for him and if so how or should he just go buy a used psp and start fresh

EliteGamer83 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:11:45 AM »

He probably cut traces you/he may need a new mobo or whatever board it is that he dropped the solder on then tried to scrape off just thinking about that makes me need to put another *faceplam*.... lol

ApheX · « **Reply #2 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:33:40 AM »

(ApheX rubs his forehead and sighs) Tell your freind he's/she's is an idiot. I've never heard of Anyone using a dremal to take of solder. I mean, what normal would?! ok, try removing the solder with a DE-SOLDERING BRADE or DE-SOLDER GUN (not a dremal!!!). looking at where the solder was dropped, you might have got away with a shorting problem. it might be that there is a little solder shorting the mobo, hence it not starting up. If when you remove the solder you still have this problem, get a new board because that one is lost to the cause.

.....Oh, and don't let your friend anywhere near a solder iron untill they learn to use one properly.

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 13, 2009, 11:17:01 AM »

i am looking for my desoldering braid now i have told them time and time again if they want LEDs let me or someone who knows what there doing do it will post back once i find the braid and let you know how it went (trust me i was shaking my head when he pulled it out to show me i asked him wtf he was thinking) as youy can see in the pic he don't know what hes doing when i asked where the black clip for the backlight was he told me i don't know went flying off somewhere

ok heres what the board looks like now i took and got all the solder off the spot that he dremeled

Knightsofwar210 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 13, 2009, 11:52:52 AM »

*facepalm* OMFG, your friend is an idiot, I want to punch him in the face, that is a bonehead mistake, both times jeez.

Sorry dude but it looks screwed. . . make him pay for another motherboard.

Jumbo~ Dont double Post. Thanks

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 13, 2009, 11:58:40 AM »

i'm just going to tell him to go to gamestop and buy a used psp cause after searching the net i can't find any cheaper than $90 and no guarentee there going to work and and its only like $110 for a phat 1000 at gamestop $20 more and he'll have it the same day instead of waiting a month for shipping

the funny thing is the kids studing to become a mechanic and the exact words outta his mouth was i can rebuild an engine a psp can't be much harder LOL

phoenix_s · « **Reply #6 on:** March 13, 2009, 01:12:55 PM »

i can sell you a used 100% wokring mainboard if you want...

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 13, 2009, 01:32:41 PM »

how much he might be interested haven't talked to him yet to break the news to him

pm and let me know i'm here just trying to finish up the UMD door on my sub-zero themed psp so i can put it on ebay and make some cash

rgarjr · « **Reply #8 on:** March 13, 2009, 02:13:54 PM »

i would sock him in the face for doing this to his poor psp mobo.

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 13, 2009, 02:33:56 PM »

yeah the boards dead i put it back in the psp and still nothing so hes either going to get a new board or a new psp his choice expencive accident is what i'm going to tell him

socomhacker239 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 13, 2009, 05:15:24 PM »

record his reaction and put it on youtube lol that would be epic

did you check his power fuse because when i tried that mod my first time i dont know how but i blew it check that before you officially announce the death

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 13, 2009, 05:22:23 PM »

wheres the power fuse at?????

i already called and told him about it thats why i'm asking around the site to see if anyone has a working ta-079 mobo cheap LOL or matching mobo and wifi board cheap LOL

socomhacker239 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 13, 2009, 05:25:43 PM »

there is a picture of it around here somewhere let me find it.

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 13, 2009, 05:50:05 PM »

hummmm i have googled it and i can't find it LOL

ok found it i am letting the solderng iron heat up then i am going to bridge it be back to tell everyone is its alive or dead still LOL

ok the board has to be fried i bridged the power fuse and tryed 2 diffrent powerbords with it and i don't even get a single green flash of the led on the powerboard i tried plugging it into the wall charger and usb port neither worked either

socomhacker239 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 13, 2009, 08:29:01 PM »

yea then most likely its dead

W-Gaming5 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:00:16 PM »

bustinthejustin · « **Reply #16 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:06:59 PM »

powerboards are like5 bucks and i doubt its fixable. new mobo is best.

W-Gaming5 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 13, 2009, 10:48:06 PM »

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 14, 2009, 04:13:26 AM »

the 2 powerboards i tryed work cause there brand new just got them the other day in the mail from dx tried one of them in another psp i got torn apart and it booted with the powerboard so its his mobo i got another one coming for it today thanks guys for all the help on it

rgarjr · « **Reply #19 on:** March 14, 2009, 11:53:50 AM »

Well yeah, the damaged was done to the mobo and not the power board as you can clearly see.

Do me a favor and punch your bud right in the face because of this, haha.

psp339 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 14, 2009, 12:04:06 PM »

I had this same problem before. I was soldering near that area and all the solder somehow got stuck to the orange ground spot. Now the mobo is dead just like that one. The green light just flashes and turns off.

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 14, 2009, 12:56:20 PM »

since i took the desoldeing braid to it the green light dosen't even flash anymore so i told him the mobo is dead i got a new on the way for it though its going to cost him LOL

psp339 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 14, 2009, 02:19:57 PM »

Quote from: krazyone2006 on March 14, 2009, 12:56:20 PM

since i took the desoldeing braid to it the green light dosen't even flash anymore so i told him the mobo is dead i got a new on the way for it though its going to cost him LOL

The green light stopped flashing so I bridged the power fuse and now it still just flashes once and turns off.

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 14, 2009, 03:12:46 PM »

i tried bridging the power fuse on it and still the light dosen't even flash i think the board is dead i have tried everything fixed the ground and 5v point by adding small dab of solder to replace the ones he stripped off with the dremel (which i told him he better hide next time i come over i'm smashing his dremel with a hammer LOL) like i said i got a new board coming for it and he's paying for that and the mods i am doing for him i also plan on gorilla glueing it shut when i am done so he can't open it back up LOL

alentris · « **Reply #24 on:** March 14, 2009, 03:54:37 PM »

Quote from: krazyone2006 on March 14, 2009, 03:12:46 PM

i also plan on gorilla glueing it shut when i am done so he can't open it back up LOL

That would be a bad Idea. If you don't, when it breaks, you can still sell the parts :p

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 14, 2009, 05:01:08 PM »

i know i'm not going to use gorrilla glue on it just going to tell him i did so he dosn't tear it apart anymore LOL

bustinthejustin · « **Reply #26 on:** March 14, 2009, 11:27:46 PM »

lol if hes willing to use a dremel to remove solder i wouldnt be surprised if he tried to cut his case open with a dremel if you glued it XD

but yeah tell him to use commonsense next time. you said he thought he could do it but failed right? dont u hate that? im like to my friends one day "man i modded my psp..." and theyre like "so? all u did was solder a few leds man. anyone could do it." my friends would probably end up worse than ur friend haha

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #27 on:** March 15, 2009, 11:32:34 AM »

Quote from: krazyone2006 on March 13, 2009, 11:58:40 AM

the funny thing is the kids studing to become a mechanic and the exact words outta his mouth was i can rebuild an engine a psp can't be much harder LOL

yeah i told him i'll fix psps and mod them and he should just stick to fixing cars LMAO

rgarjr · « **Reply #28 on:** March 15, 2009, 12:02:11 PM »

Well how old is that guy we're talking 'bout here?

krazyone2006 · « **Reply #29 on:** March 15, 2009, 12:13:20 PM »

hes 18 gettting ready to graduate from school this year

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Author Topic: ok so a friend brought this over to me.......... (Read 5985 times)