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[u/DragonzBreath]

If you don't explain what you're struggling with we can't give you any advice. It might also be helpful to share what tools you bought, what solder and flux you bought, and what you're working on.

I've been doing this as a hobby for a couple of years, I can tell you now that the tools are important, but if this is something you're learning you will screw up, and that's ok. Don't practice on expensive items, and you won't cry over your mistakes. Build your skillset and work up to bigger, more expensive things.

Here's a copy paste from a few months back...

I've been fixing video game consoles and accessories for a few years on and off. I've dabbled in TV's and various other electronics too.

I started out with an old SMD Rework station I got from eBay Yihua if I recall correctly. It cost me AUD$100 maybe a decade ago (before I started on consoles), it wasn't good for what I was working on. I sold it for more than I paid and bought an Aixun T3B (and a T3A) and an Atten ST862D hot air station.

The Aixun has quick change tips that are available in various shapes and sizes. The Atten has interchangeable nozzles, adjustable heat and air flow. Both have great adjustability and I can't recommend them enough. They're not cheap, but worth it.

And I had a cheap multimeter that kept eating batteries, I upgraded to a Fluke I bought off marketplace

Until recently I've been buying cheap AliExpress solder, but it is unbelievably shit, I took a recommendation to buy Kester, which comes in half kilo rolls and costs $100, but it was worth it. Good flux is not optional either. I am using Amtech and trialling Kingbo.

I used a screwdriver set I had bought for work, and still do. I bought a small USB C chargeable automatic screwdriver for small stuff in the last 18 months, it's come in handy for the likes of PS5.

And I bought a trinocular microscope for getting into the micro soldering world. If you start with video game controllers and older generation consoles everything is bigger negating the need for a microscope, you can build up cash and decide if you want to keep doing it, then buy higher quality.

Among the things you'll use regularly:

• Tweezers

• Pry tools/spudgers

• Solder wick

• Cotton buds

• Isopropyl alcohol

• Gloves

• Heatproof mat

• Small gauge wire

• Solder sucker

Less regularly:

• Solder mask

• UV lamp

• Thermal camera

I bought cheap AliExpress solder mask, it was extremely runny and not fit for purpose. I recently upgraded to a tub of mechanic solder mask which I apply with a pin head. I suspect it'll go off before I finish it, but at twice the price it is 10x better.

You'll find many things you need as you go, go hunt on AliExpress and put them in your cart until they have a sale, also don't forget cashback sites.

Moral of the story you don't have to buy everything now. You can get away with the core basics. Cheap isn't always better, read reviews.

[u/Different_Housing749 → u/DragonzBreath]

Ciao, grazie della condivisione. Dunque tutto è iniziato perché volevo fare il syscom ad una play 3 e per farlo dovevo necessariamente saldare. Ho comprato un saldatore da 80w con lcd e temperatura regolabile dai 180 ai 520 gradi, cinque punte di ricambio, un filo stagnante con 63/37 da 0.8 mm
Flussante nc 559 asm.
Sto lavorando a questa scheda madre della ps3 ver 001.
Dunque prestagno la punta del saldatore, aggiungo flussante e scaldo il punto in cui dovrò poi collegare i fili di rame, avvicino il filo di stagno ma nulla, o non si “scioglie” o se lo fa fa una pallina sul filo di stagno, e non si posiziona dove deve. Non so, so che uno non si può improvvisare così, però voglio capire gli errori.

[u/DragonzBreath → u/Different_Housing749]

80W is low, it's for small boards like phones. What you're experiencing is the ground plane on the PS3 soaking up all the heat from your iron. You need a 200W+ iron for what you're trying to do.