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[Bakuku]

Those other two actually look better... But do need some cleaning. Find a pin on the controller chip thats 3.3v and gnd... There are several. Multimeter if they are shorted or not. Start there.

 

[ShockSlayer]

Sand the sides with some sand paper if they're shorting out your Wii. That's about the only thing that'll do it.

 

[Mumble]

Holy crap. Dude I went to plug them into the wii, the first one was holding the R trigger (which may or may not be fixable), second one there were no inputs. My only problem is, is that there is solder all over the second one, which means the chips look like they're all connected to one input...Know anyway to remove solder?

 

[Mumble]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ucw03bmpkvp2gv1/20170201_193823.jpg?dl=0
Hopefully you can see the solder. They're all over the pins on that side of the chip...

 

[Bakuku]

Desolderbraid... If not available, strip a multistranded wire, add some solder grease to exposed wire ( you may expose a large portion) hold in front of solder with your iron closeby, melt solder and drag towards wire... Wire will absorb solder. Repeat until pins are no longer fused. Periodically cut of exposed wire that has absorbd thin and expose new and grease.

Good luck

 

[Mumble]

Alright...One more thing. If I put my finger on the bottom left of my smash controller, it acts just fine and mario is in his idle pose. Anything that I can do with that?

 

[cheese]

you're probably just shorting pins or something... Controllers freak out when they don't have the sticks and sliders hooked up to them

 

[Mumble]

Alright. Should I try with the smash controller again or hold up and wait...

 

[Bakuku]

Just try it on the ones with fused pins.

 

[cheese]

Alright. Should I try with the smash controller again or hold up and wait...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As long as they show up on the console as a controller plugged in they should work

 

[JacksonS]

Use flux if you're absorbing solder with a solder braid.

 

[Bakuku]

Use flux if you're absorbing solder with a solder braid.

Grease, not flux! Flux is actually more agressive than grease!

 

[Mumble]

Oh boy...

 

[Noah]

Yeah no, don't use flux with braid. If you only have flux, just put a bunch down (preferably liquid) and run over it lightly with your iron, it should pick it up. Same concept as drag soldering when you're trying to get excess off.

 

[Mumble]

Alright. For now I'm just going to test out the theory of The joysticks / analogs. If this is the case, I'll stick with the smash controller. If not, I'll find a way to remove the solder off. I'm still confused on how to solder to inputs like the "A" button, because the solder wont stick to the copper after scraping the paint. The analog sticks I may / may not have a problem with.

 

[cheese]

Oh boy...

Hey, that's my line
If you're really short on materials and desperate to get it done quick, you can just heat up the solder and blow it off (you have to blow hard though ) . Just remember solder is hot, so don't blow it onto yourself

 

[Bakuku]

Do you have solder grease? Or are you just smearing solder over a wire and the connection?

 

[Mumble]

Honestly.
I don't know what I have, I'm "borrowing" stuff from my dad.

 

[Mumble]

I don't get it. I tried soldering the analog stick. I'm still getting no input.

 

[Mumble]

I've watched Rated E Mods 2 at least 20 times.