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InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 day agoIt’s not hard. My Game Gears were broken and now I fixed 4 of them by replacing all caps.
I got the Pinecil for soldering and it’s so easy to use and versatile. I got a couple of flux pens so the result looks nice and clean.
ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Pinecil, haven’t heard of that. I’ll take a look, thanks! Is there anything you used to practice ahead of time? Before jumping right into the actually hardware you were trying to fix?
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
I went right off the deep end. I followed along with someone else doing it, some YT video.
ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Oh damn lol. Brave.
osbo9991@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Another happy owner of a pinecil here. For me it gets plenty hot and works great. There isn’t a battery though, you’re meant to use it wired with either USB C PD 65 Watts or 12V standard size barrel plug at similar wattage. More info on the pinecil wiki: wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinecil_Power_Supplies
Also, here’s some more general info about pinecil from their wiki: wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinecil