Thanks bud, not sponsored but that app saved my ass a few times when I first started, I think it's great how you don't really need to spend much and you can have a half decent scope as long as you already have a half decent phone lol
Hey Cod3r! I haven't got quite as deep as micro soldering just yet, but this video has given me a good idea of what I will encounter! You're doing a great job mate and this tutorial is very good. Have been watching a few of your videos recently and find them really entertaining and a great source to learn from 😁
Thank you so much for this video. I have a CP2102 TTL to USB module which I accidentally blew the IC whilst wrongly connecting the supply. These only cost a couple of quid from China but I hate throwing stuff away. I went ahead and bought a replacement CP2102 IC which is a QFN28 package and managed to replace it and brought it back to life. Although two pads got lifted, they were N/C. I was gutted that these pads lifted at first but delighted that this module now works again. This was my smallest IC repair attempt.
Thank you, I appreciate that, any help is appreciated to help grow the channel 😁 I plan to release a couple of these each week for the foreseeable future, as long as I can come up with enough subjects to cover but I'm sure I'll get suggestions from the viewers lol
Ignoring tiny caps next to the chip if you knock one loose is safe if they are power supply decoupling caps, which they usually are. But, if you're knock one loose that's a critical circuit element, you can break things. Best to put them back where they were.
I've saved this video to come back to. My £16 soldering iron is incapable of working on the pads and HATES me for assuming it could do drag soldering. So I'll be back when I've tried this again with my KSGER, and I'll inform you (and everyone else) whether it's me, as the bad workman, or my tools. Wish me luck. Ed
How do you not knock everything loose with the hot air? I'm just learning but I cleared that whole section with the hot air station! I had it on #4 I think that's the same as 40 percent?
Dear cod3r. Thanks for your amazing repair videos. can you please tell me what is the best soldering and hot air stations for console and mobile repair jobs? thanks man
My iron is always set to 450⁰C regardless of what I'm doing mate, and my hot air station most the time I'm using 440⁰C for leaded solder and 480⁰C for unleaded (removal). I'm not sure on the name of the tips as they've worn off the markings but I generally use bevel tips for the most part
Excellent information here as I'm trying to learn. I wanted to ask couldn't you also just use solder paste instead of pre-applying the solder to the pads with an iron? I would think it would save a lot of steps
Kinda. Solder paste is mainly used in the factory SMT process. At that point of production the boards don't have any components on them, making them flat and easy to use a stencil on. After the pick & place machines add parts on top of the solder paste, the boards go through an oven that heats the board up evenly. Adding solder paste without a stencil(because it's probably not easy to get a stencil for an already populated board) would likely just bridge together when it's heated, and using hot air just increases that chance as it's intended to be a more localized heat and uses air pressure to achieve this.
@@Echo-ie1bt I am aware. I was just thinking of using a needle to apply paste to the pads. Probably gonna go with just using a soldering Iron, but yeah
I need advice I have a water damaged switch I want to learn how to microsoder.steps yes one day I piddle with consoles always have.but this switch does not turn on exactly it seems like it can take a charge no batter light no picture.it just lights up the lcd but isn’t really on.can you fix it for me and what cost ?
@thecod3r can you list the tools you're using here? Especially interested in the heat gun and what nozzle you are using, the soldering iron and tips and the microscope. Great videos btw thanks!
Great video Phil :) I remember pooping it soldering my first chip for real, you mention an app for Android, do you know of one for Apple devices such as an iPhone?
Hey my guy it's me, my PS4 recently started booting up with a slow flashing blue light I tapped it from the bottom and it started working fine again but froze like 10 minute after what is the cause of this do you think and can I fix it without a bga machine?
@@TheCod3r I have bro I got a spare hard drive that I replaced but it was still the same problem, I shall open it and give it a thorough clean and replace thermal paste and I shall see ty
I did think about that but to be honest without official qualifications myself getting a venue would be hard and getting equipment would be expensive as hell
@@TheCod3r do official qualifications exist for micro soldering techniques? Don’t know bud, but after a 1 hour fight trying to solder a jumper wire onto a £280 logic board I’m of the opinion I need a bit of training. I can follow a diagram like a champ but when I’m faced with a repair, I get concerned with where I’m putting the heat.
@@monkeytutz2 from what I know of no official qualifications exist but I'd probably need qualifications in electrical safety, pat testing, fire safety, first aid etc as well as having liability insurance and all the other crap the government makes us pay for lol. With the repairs just go for it mate, generally as long as you're not using 480⁰C for prolonged periods of time on a super thin phone board you'll be ok. You don't want to leave heat too long but usually the components can take it :)
Great to come across another repair channel out in the wild I have not seen yet! Hope to see more videos from you man. You're an asset to the community for sure. Feel free to pop over and check out my stuff when you have a chance, let me know what you think =D Good Luck!
You only learn this stuff by actually doing it. I've got all the stuff, but hardly get anything to repair. I've done a few stick drift repairs on xbox controllers.
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Epic. Well done.
that microscope idea is an absolute shout mate! great video, keep em coming!
Thanks bud, not sponsored but that app saved my ass a few times when I first started, I think it's great how you don't really need to spend much and you can have a half decent scope as long as you already have a half decent phone lol
Hey Cod3r! I haven't got quite as deep as micro soldering just yet, but this video has given me a good idea of what I will encounter! You're doing a great job mate and this tutorial is very good.
Have been watching a few of your videos recently and find them really entertaining and a great source to learn from 😁
The microscope idea is just superb thanks a ton
Oh nice new series, looking forward to it!
Yep been meaning to do this for a while lol
Thank you so much for this video. I have a CP2102 TTL to USB module which I accidentally blew the IC whilst wrongly connecting the supply. These only cost a couple of quid from China but I hate throwing stuff away. I went ahead and bought a replacement CP2102 IC which is a QFN28 package and managed to replace it and brought it back to life. Although two pads got lifted, they were N/C. I was gutted that these pads lifted at first but delighted that this module now works again. This was my smallest IC repair attempt.
Thanks, this is the most complete video I've found about managing QFN chips. I only struggled a bit with your accent (I am from Italy) :-) :-)
Yes yes yes thank you can't wait for .ore episodes 🧽
You're welcome mate
Amazing. Thank you.
More one subscriber here.
Greetings from Brazil.
Very nice video great tutorial! I subscribed 😊
Nice clear explanation, might send people to this video for reference when they ask me about soldering chips like this. :)
Thank you, I appreciate that, any help is appreciated to help grow the channel 😁 I plan to release a couple of these each week for the foreseeable future, as long as I can come up with enough subjects to cover but I'm sure I'll get suggestions from the viewers lol
Good morning. Please what flux do you use ? And the link to buy it. Thank you !
Well explained as per usual phil . Great content
Thanks bud I appreciate it :)
Thank you so much
Ignoring tiny caps next to the chip if you knock one loose is safe if they are power supply decoupling caps, which they usually are. But, if you're knock one loose that's a critical circuit element, you can break things. Best to put them back where they were.
What size of tip are you using to get between everything?
Yet another awesome content video from the cod3r 😁, good job buddy smashed it as always 👍🏻
Thanks buddy much appreciated 😁
very informative
Very informative mate, thanks 👍
You're welcome mate I enjoyed making this video:)
Thanks for video!
You're welcome:)
What temperature are you using to replace this chip? Qfn chip temp tollerance is 260 degree celsius...but can we go over this limit? maybe 350? Thanks
What temperature do u use
I've saved this video to come back to. My £16 soldering iron is incapable of working on the pads and HATES me for assuming it could do drag soldering. So I'll be back when I've tried this again with my KSGER, and I'll inform you (and everyone else) whether it's me, as the bad workman, or my tools. Wish me luck. Ed
How do you not knock everything loose with the hot air? I'm just learning but I cleared that whole section with the hot air station! I had it on #4 I think that's the same as 40 percent?
Is it possible to create a bridge between the middle ground pad to the outside pads when pressing down on the chip to seat it?
nice video thanks . but i would use Amtech NC 559 as flux
What kinda Flux you use
what tip in particular are you using there? the conical one
Amazing video thank you
What size/name are the tips called for the ts100
Hi, what brand of soldering tips do you use and where do you get them?
Dear cod3r. Thanks for your amazing repair videos. can you please tell me what is the best soldering and hot air stations for console and mobile repair jobs? thanks man
Good job. I like your Videos. Maybe you can make Video about how soldering tiny SMD 0201 by a 4 layer pcb.
Maybe you can make a Video about your Tools, wich flux or what kind of soldering iron etc.
Hey Phil, thank you for this amazing tutorial :)
How much degrees you soldering the Pads ?
And which Tip did you use for soldering every single Pad after reflow the chip ? Thats my biggest problem..
My iron is always set to 450⁰C regardless of what I'm doing mate, and my hot air station most the time I'm using 440⁰C for leaded solder and 480⁰C for unleaded (removal). I'm not sure on the name of the tips as they've worn off the markings but I generally use bevel tips for the most part
I've always used MG Chemicals flux... do you thing the one u use is better?
Excellent information here as I'm trying to learn. I wanted to ask couldn't you also just use solder paste instead of pre-applying the solder to the pads with an iron? I would think it would save a lot of steps
Kinda.
Solder paste is mainly used in the factory SMT process. At that point of production the boards don't have any components on them, making them flat and easy to use a stencil on. After the pick & place machines add parts on top of the solder paste, the boards go through an oven that heats the board up evenly.
Adding solder paste without a stencil(because it's probably not easy to get a stencil for an already populated board) would likely just bridge together when it's heated, and using hot air just increases that chance as it's intended to be a more localized heat and uses air pressure to achieve this.
@@Echo-ie1bt I am aware. I was just thinking of using a needle to apply paste to the pads. Probably gonna go with just using a soldering Iron, but yeah
If you did it that way and used extremely low hot air pressure it would work. Issue is that it would take a lot longer with that method.
If the chip not soldring on motherbord... Is it need more soldring on chip pins or motherbord chip legs and midel.. 👀 Or temperatur is wrong!???
I need advice I have a water damaged switch I want to learn how to microsoder.steps yes one day I piddle with consoles always have.but this switch does not turn on exactly it seems like it can take a charge no batter light no picture.it just lights up the lcd but isn’t really on.can you fix it for me and what cost ?
@thecod3r can you list the tools you're using here? Especially interested in the heat gun and what nozzle you are using, the soldering iron and tips and the microscope. Great videos btw thanks!
Just realised it's all listed in your video descriptions! Affiliate links. Sorry for the bother.
Can you use liquid solder on these ?
To be honest that's something I've never personally used so I'm not sure really
Do I really need to make the solder stick on the sides of the qfn ic? Or is it ok? Are those just indicator?
Just the bottom
Can we have more tutorial videos please
TheCod3r, what brand of flux and solder?
For most jobs I just use Kingbo RMA-218 flux, which is fine as long as you have fume extraction and clean it off. For solder I use Kester :)
@@TheCod3r, thank you very much!
More tutorials please and yeah a step by step guide on ps4 motherboard repairing and soldering
I'll definitely be doing more tutorials. PS4 repairs I'll definitely definitely doing as I come across them as repairs 😁
@@TheCod3r Alright cheers buddy
By the way can you provide me to a link where i can purchase parts such as ICs hdmi ports and controller parts ???
@@ceejay_gaming9636 it depends which parts you need but my main supplies are aliexpress and digikey
@@TheCod3r I’ll need ps4 analog sticks and motherboard components for the ps4
Great video Phil :) I remember pooping it soldering my first chip for real, you mention an app for Android, do you know of one for Apple devices such as an iPhone?
Thank you 😊 I believe it should be available for ios too but I'll look into that for you :)
Hey my guy it's me, my PS4 recently started booting up with a slow flashing blue light I tapped it from the bottom and it started working fine again but froze like 10 minute after what is the cause of this do you think and can I fix it without a bga machine?
Unfortunately it's hard to say, it may have a hard drive issue so you could try replacing the hard drive before attempting anything else
@@TheCod3r I have bro I got a spare hard drive that I replaced but it was still the same problem, I shall open it and give it a thorough clean and replace thermal paste and I shall see ty
How bout ps4 gl3520 ic ,it's hard to remove
Mate, post covid you want to think about doing a few courses to train up plebs like me
I did think about that but to be honest without official qualifications myself getting a venue would be hard and getting equipment would be expensive as hell
@@TheCod3r do official qualifications exist for micro soldering techniques? Don’t know bud, but after a 1 hour fight trying to solder a jumper wire onto a £280 logic board I’m of the opinion I need a bit of training.
I can follow a diagram like a champ but when I’m faced with a repair, I get concerned with where I’m putting the heat.
@@monkeytutz2 from what I know of no official qualifications exist but I'd probably need qualifications in electrical safety, pat testing, fire safety, first aid etc as well as having liability insurance and all the other crap the government makes us pay for lol.
With the repairs just go for it mate, generally as long as you're not using 480⁰C for prolonged periods of time on a super thin phone board you'll be ok. You don't want to leave heat too long but usually the components can take it :)
Just subbed mate. Great channel! So you're self taught???
Great to come across another repair channel out in the wild I have not seen yet! Hope to see more videos from you man. You're an asset to the community for sure. Feel free to pop over and check out my stuff when you have a chance, let me know what you think =D Good Luck!
You only learn this stuff by actually doing it. I've got all the stuff, but hardly get anything to repair. I've done a few stick drift repairs on xbox controllers.
I need your help @thecod3r
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