F'd up cool runner pads (noob)

Martin C

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Well I'll put it out there now. I WILL be fixing botched installs for RGH but be prepared to pay DOUBLE to fix than what I charge to install. Common sense should make you stop if you've never soldered before, so hopefully it will be more of a deterrent.
 

ihaveacamaro

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Well I'll put it out there now. I WILL be fixing botched installs for RGH but be prepared to pay DOUBLE to fix than what I charge to install. Common sense should make you stop if you've never soldered before, so hopefully it will be more of a deterrent.
I've never soldered before and my first time soldering will obviously not be on a coolrunner.

But in my case, what would you specifically recommend doing to practice so I can get ready to solder the coolrunner eventually when I'm ready?
 

DrunkenNinja

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I used one of those old dial-up modem card a few years back, dirt cheap, and I didn't even need to practice, but it had been a few years and thought better safe than sorry.

Get your frame of mind right, thats the important thing.
 

Martin C

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There are some points on the 360 motherboard itself which if you were to destroy wouldn't stop it from working, so a good place to start.

Failing that, pick up a faulty 360 motherboard on ebay for about a tenner. Not only can you have lots of fun practising, but you'll have a nice collection of spares. Even the Xenon boards have 33 & 47Ohm SMDs on there for HANA replacement, so you could be killing two birds with one stone.
 

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I haven't soldered in like 20 years or more and have just soldered the wires onto the cool runner. Its a breeze.
 
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Mickey3177

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Hey where did Xboxnick360 go? :(, it was all in good fun... right, we gave him some ideas for repair too. Come on back Xboxnick360 you didn't have to leave, remember your brother did it, dame brothers anyway :redface:
 
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xboxnick360

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so yea, i completely destroyed the pads on the cool runners tck and tdi terminals.

Is there any trace lines I can solder to instead?
This is what i do, just programmed 4 Coolrunners.

Also i guess this guy is a troll and he did that on purpose.
i dont have money to waste just to troll this forum

f**king hell mate . .. If i were you i`d destroy that soldering iron . I dont mean to poke fun or anything . If you try and do the xbox side of this hack you are going to litterally destroy your xbox . i`m sure this has been said a dozen times already in this thread i only got as far as the pic before i spat my coffee into my keyboard . Please please please dont do any more . In fact , pay the postage both ways , send me your chip and your console and i`ll do the f**king thing free of charge for you if it will stop you trying right now mate , you CANNOT do this hack for sure !
I accept your challenge

why do I get the feeling that this "brother" doesn't exist?!? :crazy:

Anyone else have the sudden urge to roast marshmallows? :D
This post really turned into something else, now I have conspirators? this is "my" first post, im sure there are spelling and other differences between me and my bros typing

This is fake I can't believe someone actually to do something like this even for a first timer
5 Pages now do you guys think he has the point yet?
no cuz im not givin up:D

View attachment 5154 by the looks there the other points you can also follow over to the other side and there are the traces you could clean back and solder too??hope this helps a little
yea dude thats what Im planning to do, thanks for your help

OMG, If you want to earn some money to buy another coolrunner my company are looking for a welder, you might just fit the vacancy.

:p
lol

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looks like my first solder job back in high school tried installing my own playstation modchip ended up melting the chip to the iron ...memories ;)
yea, my brother is supposed to wear glasses (he wasnt)and he did it in a dimly lit room while holding the cool runner in his hand up in the air.. I have now shown him the work bench and the majesty of electrical tape

There is obviously no practice ever been done here, this must be his first soldering experience (Hence the creation of a Brother)

I just feel sad for the Coolrunner which others would have put to good use to and kept cosmetically clean, I remember seeing the preview images some time back and thinking wow, to see it in that state makes me feel a little sad.

Careless and rushed, you should be banned from purchasing any form of modding equipment and kept away from all electrical appliances, which includes light switches.
Creation of a brother? If i care about what internets people think so much that i create another identity to dodge the e-blame i have bigger problems than just my coolrunner

Kill it with fire
lol

LOL!! Wow this is my first time seeing this thread. Now I can go to work with a smile on my face because that pic is hilarious! Thanks for brightening my day OP.:biggrin:
your very welcome

don't worry. That'll buff right out :D

Good for you OP btw for posting a pic. Most people wouldn't have done so. Even if you don't have soldering skills, you certainly have balls!
thanks

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Hey where did Xboxnick360 go? :(, it was all in good fun... right, we gave him some ideas for repair too. Come on back Xboxnick360 you didn't have to leave, remember your brother did it, dame brothers anyway :redface:
i wasnt gona come back unless i fixed it and was gona redemption post but the fact that this thread has more replies and views than some stickies i felt i owed it to yall to come back
 

xboxnick360

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So today i will be ordering a new coolrunner. found a soldering technique that works for me. in the mean time i will be attempting to fixed this f'd up one. ill let you know how it goes