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Title: need help with soldering to gamepad!
Post by: D4RKSL4Y3R on October 28, 2007, 07:31:11 am

hi, iam making a arcade stick for my xbox 360, iam onto the soldering of the PCB but i cant get the solder to stick. i have herd that you have to scrap away the rubber from the solder points- is this true? also does any one have any tips for soldering onto PCbs?

i have attached a pic of the solder points

thanks

Title: Re: need help with soldering to gamepad!
Post by: kiddk1 on October 28, 2007, 10:17:02 am

follow these eight steps
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-solder/ (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-solder/)

Title: Re: need help with soldering to gamepad!
Post by: D4RKSL4Y3R on October 28, 2007, 11:14:22 am

thanks|!

Title: Re: need help with soldering to gamepad!
Post by: Timoe on October 28, 2007, 11:29:31 am

You need to carefully scrape off the black stuff until you see shiny copper.  Then clean the area with rubbing alcohol.

You can use a wire wheel on you dremel or very carefully,  a tiny flat head screw driver.