ps3 duelshock 3 led swap help

[tomqman]

hi ive managed to swap 1,2,3 but 4 i tore the bottom bad off (positive connection) any one know of a alternative soldering point, ive bridged the 3 pos to 4 pos, but that just makes the 4 led another 3 led. (reason i bridge was just to keep all 4 lights working until i can fix 4)

[alman101]

a pic would help greatly

[tomqman]

yer its messy lol my first go with any thing smaller than 6mm

[alman101]

i think you just need to put a load of solder over the 4 positive hole and the connect the smd

[tomqman]

nah that wont work as the pad has come off so theres no connection below it just want to see if anyone knows if there was another solder point

[alman101]

im not sure, thats never happened me before

[tomqman]

im not sure, thats never happened me before

yer it was my fault for forcing the red led off

[budgray19]

yea if its the pos
all u can do is connect it to another leds pos but it dosnt look good
if u were lucky u woulda messed up the neg end
all u would have 2 do is connect to 3's neg terminal. or shave the board till u hit copper. but not as easy. my 2 cents

[RDC]

The LEDs in the PS3 controllers are in a Common Anode setup, which means all of the + sides are tied together. It's the Cathode (- side) that gets turned on/off and what is damaged on your controller. The only other place to solder to is on the Via of that LEDs - trace or the back side of the board on a SMT Resistor bank. If you let me know exactly which version it is I can show you exactly where to solder to, but, and no offense intended, from the looks of the soldering on the LED install you should probably cut your losses for now because the repair job will be a bit more difficult.

[tomqman]

The LEDs in the PS3 controllers are in a Common Anode setup, which means all of the + sides are tied together. It's the Cathode (- side) that gets turned on/off and what is damaged on your controller. The only other place to solder to is on the Via of that LEDs - trace or the back side of the board on a SMT Resistor bank. If you let me know exactly which version it is I can show you exactly where to solder to, but, and no offense intended, from the looks of the soldering on the LED install you should probably cut your losses for now because the repair job will be a bit more difficult.

got a new iron and had lots more practice since then. and my ds3 is version 0 in this guide http://www.maddogcontrollers.com/PS3_RF_INST.pdf

[RDC]

Great, another R/F tutorial where a pic of mine was used without permission. I wouldn't mind it so much if those tools sent me $5 for every kit or controller they sold, or at the very least asked for permission to use it, but I digress..

By version I meant the MSU number on the board, but going from that and the pic you've posted it looks like the MSU_VX 1.03 - Most versions are shown here, including the original pic they bit > http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=648322



TOP SIDE for LED 4



BOTTOM SIDE for LED 4



You can try and solder to either Via, or go right to the Resistor Network, just be sure too not don't run the wire where it will get pinched when putting the controller back together.

[tomqman]

thnaksyou sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much it worked great

[RDC]

You're Welcome.

[killdog]

ive done that so many times its a pain