GENERAL Questions regarding alternate point for CPU_PLL_BYPASS

[Danshizzle]

I wasn't sure whether I should make a new topic for this or not, if a mod could confirm for future reference it would be much appreciated.

We are about to attempt to do the alternate point as mentioned in the title, but have a couple of questions regarding what we're seeing in the pics from the alternate points thread:

Has the wire been soldered to the resistor? That's how it appears in the picture, but we're not doing anything before confirming that is the case.

If that is the case, then it seems that we are supposed to solder the wire to the resistor in question and then to the point shown on the other side of the board. Which wire am I meant to be doing this with? The green one? It's a blue wire in the picture and there's some confusion as to what needs to be done here!! Obviously the blue wire is soldered elsewhere and to do this with the green wire would surely mean the green is no longer connected to the Coolrunner!

 

[Martin C]

1. Yes, your soldering to the bottom part of R7R17 as that's where the via goes to.

2. This is a trace repair and goes from the point on the bottom to the point on the top. Nowhere else. If you still want to RGH the console, you will need to solder a second wire to the resistor and then goes to point A on the coolrunner.

Yes, it's small - if you can't solder you'll have problems.

 

[Danshizzle]

1. Yes, your soldering to the bottom part of R7R17 as that's where the via goes to.

2. This is a trace repair and goes from the point on the bottom to the point on the top. Nowhere else. If you still want to RGH the console, you will need to solder a second wire to the resistor and then goes to point A on the coolrunner.

Yes, it's small - if you can't solder you'll have problems.

Soldering is not an issue, my friend is confident enough in his skills to try it and can live with it if the board ends up fried. We just want to confirm exactly what to do.

As I understand it, we are to solder two wires. One from the resistor to the point on the other side to do the trace repair. Then the green wire is also soldered to the same resistor and remains attached to the Coolrunner as it is already. Is this correct?

 

[Danshizzle]

As I understand it, we are to solder two wires. One from the resistor to the point on the other side to do the trace repair. Then the green wire is also soldered to the same resistor and remains attached to the Coolrunner as it is already. Is this correct?

Is anyone able to confirm to me that this assumption is correct? Ready to proceed here and just hoping for the nod!

 

[jrlundbe]

You can do that or you can splice the wire. I had to do this myself and can confirm this works. I think splicing the wire may be a little easier. Better than pulling the resistor.