Solved U10 relocation

[Joey Macaroni]

I’m trying to relocate the U10 chip to my trimmed motherboard but the solder is not sticking to the board. I’m new to soldering please help

 

[Wesk]

You've ripped up all the pads.

 

[Joey Macaroni]

oh thats cool

 

[Stitches]

You're going to need to solder the wires directly to the U10 legs and then stick it to the PCB with some tape or something. No way to recover that damage

 

[Joey Macaroni]

Where do I solder the wires to?

 

[watermwlon1732]

Where do I solder the wires to?

check the guide/compendium

 

[Stitches]

Where do I solder the wires to?

The Definitive Wii Trimming Guide | BitBuilt - Giving Life to Old Consoles

The output leg should be wired to the shown via, the neighbouring leg should be wired to 3.3v, and the 3 legs on the other side all need to be wired to ground

 

[Joey Macaroni]

Thanks
The guide has a red 3.3v and a orange 3.3v does it matter which one I solder it to?

 

[Stitches]

Thanks
The guide has a red 3.3v and a orange 3.3v does it matter which one I solder it to?

Orange 3.3v? 3.3v is only meant to be red, orange is 5v. Which image has 3.3v in orange? That needs to be fixed.

And to answer your question, any red 3.3v spot is fine. They're all interconnected on 4 layer boards

 

[Joey Macaroni]

ok thanks
this is the image that has the orange 3.3v

 

[Stitches]

Right, I see where the misunderstanding is. There is no orange 3.3v highlight, that's just the colour of that capacitor. The text was placed there because if it was on the left side it could cause confusion with the ground plane

 

[Joey Macaroni]

Oh ok well thanks I think I did it