Pokemon Crystal Gameboy Game Repair Fixing - Broken Ripped Off Traces & Main Chip Off

[@naturegarcon]

incredible work, was on the edge of my seat the whole time! also i admire your patience 😂

[@x-fix]

Haha! That bad? :) Thank you! :)

[@AceFox40k]

I was messing with you. Good stuff. I didn't know you could repair tracers like that.

[@x-fix]

Thanks, I guess?

[@Trinityaqk]

Your patience is astounding.

[@x-fix]

Heh, thanks! Its kinda relaxing to me. :)

[@electrodynamicwaves]

Solder paste technique is ideal! Going to start using it for now on.

[@x-fix]

It really is! Let me know how you like it when your done with your work, ok? :)

[@JohnyIIOh]

Awesome!🔥 With what heat are you removing the old solder with the desolder wick?

[@x-fix]

My iron is set between 350-400c. :)

[@danielryan984]

Well done with fixing pokemon

[@x-fix]

Thank you very much! :)

[@NotAnotherFortress]

Instead of all the back-and-forth, why didn’t you just use a multimeter to check your traces? It would’ve saved you like all that time.

[@x-fix]

Its not shown in the video but I did mesure all those tracs with my multimeter. I just didnt want to strech the video into unneccesary lenght. :) Please notice, that on the one hand I had to create strong connections that wont melt while soldering the chips legs back on. On the other hand I could only use a tiny bit of solder mask to secure the traces. If I had used too much mask, it would have lifted the chip and the pins would not have soldered on well. Thats why I almost didnt use any solder mask on the second try.

[@Miro23]

Great Video. Thanks for your effort :) 🙂

[@x-fix]

Your very welcome! Glad you liked it! :)

[@icozsnake]

Uffff me encantan tus videos. Sigue así ❤

[@x-fix]

Gracias por verlos. :) Me alegro de que te gusten.

[@rikijulius4014]

You saved one piece of beautiful piece of memories

[@x-fix]

Indeed! Im happy that they are fixable! :)

[@thomasandrews9355]

which uv light do you use? Also you didn't say "solid" on the pins so they probably weren't. are the pad strips from NRF or somewhere else?

[@x-fix]

Oh, I just use a regular 5W UV light. Nothing special but enough for these kind of repairs. Indeed I didnt mention "solid"... its not my taste. ;D If its solid then ok if not, I correct it. Simple philosophy. :) The pad strips are from "BEST" (?) just some chinese simple repair stripes I guess. Let me know if you need to know anything else, please. :)

[@thomasandrews9355]

@@x-fix I just usually use kynar wire, I do this level of repair daily haha. The pads could be interesting for my work. I tried uv before but my light wasn’t bright enough.

[@x-fix]

To be honest... I think my UV light is for hardening nails in cosmetics. But its bright enough for my work and also gets pretty warm. It did cost only 8€ and I am absolutely fine with it. I dont see any point in bying so called "professional" UV light for electronics. As long as it works, everything is fine. I used wires before and there are always pros and cons about this topic. In this case we had here only a tiny flat space under the chip for the repair traces. A wire plus soldermask on it could lift up the chip and give me some hard time to solder the pins correctly. Thats why I choosed the strips instead. On the other hand wires are longer and you can lay a longer bypass. I wished there would be stripes like this but in a roll. :)

[@Deathmask666GER]

good job !!!

[@x-fix]

Thanks! :)

[@ミーちゃん-s5k]

I wonder how the previous owner used it when the CPU came off!! Mr X!!

[@x-fix]

He tryed to switch the chips. :)

[@mre5440]

Someone messed up beforehand. It was bad that you had to remove the chip a second time.

[@x-fix]

Well I prefer to take of the chip a second time and check everything again instead of giving up. I am not sure how the seller removed the chip so I had no clue if the chip would be even still working... But I had a good feeling about this one! :)