Author Topic: Is there anyway I can fix this please help (battery port problem)  (Read 629 times)

Offline o33g

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Hey guys I have a lot of controller broken like this. So if there is anyway I can fix it that will be so good


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Re: Is there anyway I can fix this please help (battery port problem)
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2020, 02:15:55 PM »
Just remove the mask from the board. You can solder to any ground contact.


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Re: Is there anyway I can fix this please help (battery port problem)
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2020, 03:31:50 PM »
One of those is Battery +, you don't want to be soldering that to ground.

About the best option there is to just 'hard wire' the battery pack to the board. You'll never get that connector to stay on there past the first person that tries to unplug the thing. 

The thick trace there in the middle of the board is the Batt + line, which Daywalk3r marked on your pic, then use any Ground for the Batt - connection. Just clean the board up good and make sure that Batt + line isn't shorting to ground before you solder on the battery wires, or you'll find out it was the hard way.
Screwing up is one of the best learning tools, so long as the only thing you're not learning is how to screw up.

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Re: Is there anyway I can fix this please help (battery port problem)
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2020, 01:29:47 AM »
thank you both ill try to solder the battery pack then

 

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