How do you think the Marines and special forces got to Iraq and Afganistan.....retard!! Think b4 u speak :lol:xTITANx said:AEgawd said:yup, thats why you messed up. how many other air force guys had to hand you tools or hold the MOBO? j/kgo join a REAL armed service. :twisted: GO NAVY!!!!
So, when was the last time we really used the Navy for anything? :lol:
Using a ColdHeat Soldering Iron?
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Why are you thanking Team Xecuter? It was your dumb ass that screwed up your mobo not them, and 1000's of other people don't seem to have had your problem. I think you should learn to solder before you start blaming others.
I will happily admit I suck at soldering, but I think there should be a bigger warning on the D0 part of the tutorial.. Get a f**king clue. Look at the forums, TONS of people have this problem. It's not just me. The sad part is that Team Executor ( forum admin's atleast ) recognize this is an issue ( thats why there's a sticky ), but there's not a lot of detail on it in the tutorial.
STFU and Go To Your RoomDraino said:
You obviously didnt do any research on installing your X3. For christ sakes people that posted before you said not to use it because it can become too hot.
Do you have any soldering expierence? Did you bother to practice before touching your motherboard? Did you read any of the tutorials, or horror stories of people having problems because they used too big of an iron? I dont have my chip yet but im doin research and ive read prolly 30 or 40 posts of people using 25 watt or higher irons and burning traces.
complete n00b guide for installing the X3.
http://home.comcast.net/~x3guide/
So now your out 80 for a mother board and harddrive when you could paid $30 to have it installed by someone that actually knows what they are doing.
Good luck
I dont understand why people insist on going bigger, a 15watt iron was perfect for me, and I have never done this stuff b4, I used a 15watt with a small diameter solder, and didnt mess anything up, when removing the solder in the lpc took a litle long cause I had to heat up the old solder to get it out, but I recommend a 15watt, and a magnifying glass
I spent a complete 3 months in an electronics class learning about resistors, ohms, watts, blah blah blah. etc. etc. etc. and soldering of course. It's been about 3 years since then, but I still knew the basics. I practiced quite a bit on a board right before I attempted my install. I probably should have read the "install support forums" before installing, but usually with any other product, application, whatever, it is not necessary. I read X3's install guide, and read through that n00b guide page. Unless I had been forewarned or spent some excessive time reading about others failures, I would have never known the D0 pad can come off.. I've never had to solder anything to a "pad" before, so it was new to me. Anyhow, to make a long story short I fixed my problem with a 30 gauge insulated wire and some fantastic soldering jobs on those tiny ass little holes you have to stick the wires to. I completely blame the fault on myself, I just think Team Executer should put more detail into their install guide regarding D0 since it seems to be an excessive problem. The end.Audi90Quattro said:STFU and Go To Your RoomDraino said:
You obviously didnt do any research on installing your X3. For christ sakes people that posted before you said not to use it because it can become too hot.
Do you have any soldering expierence? Did you bother to practice before touching your motherboard? Did you read any of the tutorials, or horror stories of people having problems because they used too big of an iron? I dont have my chip yet but im doin research and ive read prolly 30 or 40 posts of people using 25 watt or higher irons and burning traces.
complete n00b guide for installing the X3.
http://home.comcast.net/~x3guide/
So now your out 80 for a mother board and harddrive when you could paid $30 to have it installed by someone that actually knows what they are doing.
Good luck
Famous last words of every d**khead who broke something because they didn't know what they were doing and blamed the manufacturer or store for it. BTW congrats on finally spelling the word Xecuter correctly.Draino said:
Just get some desolder braid and it won't matter what temp you use as long as the soldering iron doesn't liquify itself. I used a 40W because I'm impatient - I have soldered many a time before, but I don't think I'm that much more skilled than you would be. If you don't want to get another new iron, just use the one you ordered and maybe practice on something else first. Don't touch the iron directly to the board unless necessary, pretty simple and should get you through. Also if you want to put some electrical tape over the smaller connections (D0 neighbors, etc) it will keep the solder from straying.