PS3 Questions about soldering new tantalizers on ps3

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CoolShift

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Hello all.
So my ps3's nec tokina are close to dead. Through ps3toolset website, i confirmes it was 1002 error. The nec tokins on the rsx side are the problem.
Now i plan on buying pre populated tantalizers to solder onto my ps3.

I have no experience on soldering so i have questions, i would like for the kind people in this community to help me.

1. Is the chisel method of removing the old nec tokins good? Also their are 4 silver traces for each nec tokin spot, and a black trace between each pair. Are the black traces able to handle heat of the soldering iron?

2. What temperatures should i use to remove the old solder? With a copper braided desoldering ribbon.

3. What kind of soldering wire should i use?

4. At what temperature should i keep the soldering iron at when i solder the new new tantalizers in.

5. As far as i know i should solder the sides, and the front middle spots of the new tantalizers, should i also solder the back 2 spots of the tantalizers?

6. If i scratch the green holes on the motherboard, will that be a problem?

Thankyou all.
 
140-400C with a heatgun, hold the heatgun in place an nudge the side of the tokin with some tweeezers until it starts to slide.
My biggest advice is don't rush it, the caps have little foil strips underneath that you need to slowly peel away slowly without stripping the soldering pads off the pcb, a lot of heat travels through the pcb itself so it can take quite a while for the solder to melt underneath the cap, I got frustrated myself an just ended up cracking the black plastic off the cap tops with a razor blade an then peeled all the additional tokin foil away with the tip of a soldering iron but it's a messy solution as the foil sticks allover the tip an you need to use braid to remove the solder, putting extra solder on the foil also helps it to lift & heatup easier without scratching the pcb as much with the soldering iron tip.
 
Kevstah2004 said:
140-400C with a heatgun, hold the heatgun in place an nudge the side of the tokin with some tweeezers until it starts to slide.
My biggest advice is don't rush it, the caps have little foil strips underneath that you need to slowly peel away slowly without stripping the soldering pads off the pcb, a lot of heat travels through the pcb itself so it can take quite a while for the solder to melt underneath the cap, I got frustrated myself an just ended up cracking the black plastic off the cap tops with a razor blade an then peeled all the additional tokin foil away with the tip of a soldering iron but it's a messy solution as the foil sticks allover the tip an you need to use braid to remove the solder, putting extra solder on the foil also helps it to lift & heatup easier without scratching the pcb as much with the soldering iron tip.
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From what i have seen, the best method of removal is the chisel method by ripfelix. Its the most cleanest, with no excessive heat.
 
From what i've seen chisel method seems to be the way. But maybe use a light hand at first so as to not damage the board.
 
CoolShift said:
From what i have seen, the best method of removal is the chisel method by ripfelix. Its the most cleanest, with no excessive heat.
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Yep quick & clean, it's just the risk of overunning an slicing something else off the pcb or ripping off the whole trace, felix has practice so can do it in a single blow movement with no problem.
 
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