Nand-X installed but did i screw it up ?

[Rayleigh]

Ok , so thanks to everyone help from here i was able to install the Nand-X by soldering it(which took me about 3 hours just for the soldering part), got some good reads without trouble and i was able to install freeboot and tested that the dash can boot ,everything went smooth until i decided to do an E-fuse protection before closing the console, so i went with the bridging way but the two points were too close to each other for my clown like soldering skill to be able to do it, so i got some solder on the right point and wanted to just drag it to the left one but instead somehow the solder pulled some trace (or very thin cable thing) from the motherboard i attached a picture describing what happened(This's not my motherboard i just used the picture from the E-fuse guide) . I tested the console after that and it booted up just fine but I'm not sure if it's okay? what will this effect?

 

[rdubbs007]

If the console is booting fine then it likely would be the same effect as removing the resistor I would think... if you are concerned you could (have done for you) solder a jumper between the 2 points to restore continuity, and bridge the points you were originally trying to bridge.

 

[Martin C]

No - you'll need to remove R6T3. The trace which has been broken would need to be rebuilt to function properly as a bridge.

Put your iron on the side of the resistor and feed about a cm worth of solder into it. You're looking to flood the component. Then gently swipe it away. Clean the board with desolder wick if needed.

 

[Rayleigh]

Thanks for the replay, I would really love do what you said Martin C but i just don't have the skill needed for it at all , if i try it i will without a doubt break more stuff, what i concerned about is since the xbox is booting fine what is the effect of this trace getting broken ? and will it really do the same effect as removing the resistor?

 

[Martin C]

There's no effect to you breaking that trace as it goes to a spare pad. However it does nothing at all, so you still need to protect your efuse in some way or another.

Is there someone you can take the board to? It would take someone competent about 10 seconds to remove it.

 

[Rayleigh]

I may be able to find someone more experienced but there's something i forgot , when i pulled the solder from the right point(the bridging points in the picture) the solder that was originally on it got taken off so i can't use that method anymore? so i guess i down to removing R6T3 or R6T1 ? i heard something about dashlunach preventing updates !! but i'm not sure what that is.

 

[rdubbs007]

Best post a photo so we all can see

 

[J2G]

Best post a photo so we all can see

Snap was going to say the same thing no point in posting a pic of another board i'v seen some scary pics when people finally posted the real board in question with the damage done..

 

[Rayleigh]

Thanks for the replay,I kind of wanted to know first before opening the whole thing up again so that i could kind of plan first , here is another picture i found and wrote( the blue text and arrows only i didn't do the other drawings) on it exactly what happened.

 

[rdubbs007]

I understand that, but your specific issue depends largely on what condition the board is actually in, and what better way to display that than posting a picture of it? It takes 5 minutes to completely break down the box, max... Maybe 8 if you are not always doing it