the ground wire....

[sublime90]

i pretty much soldered all the wires for my magic 3.6 really good but the white ground wire doesnt wanna stick im havin alot of trouble with it, used flux cleaned it tried again and again but still wont stick. i was wondering if the ground wire has any thing to do with my laser not spinning?

thanks
sublime

[mud ver.2]

I had trouble with my ground wire. The PS2 mobo ground pad solder was not melting, and causing a cold joint.

I had to touch the actual ground solder on the board (not recomended) to melt it. After it had been melted once, it was easier to work with.

[sublime90]

now im about to go insane! i finally got the ground wire connected and i dont get my brower anymore jsut a solid black screen, i think the stupid black wire might be bridged thats an ass pain to connect "s" wire

sublime

[Headly]

Don't know what you have for equipment but it makes all the difference in the world. My first install was done with the wires that came in the kit and my friends relatively large tiped 25w soldering iron. Decided that I had enough friends interested to get the proper equipment(15w soldering iron, .2mm tip, 32 gauge wire, desoldering tool...)and it makes all the difference in the world. As for the S wire, I have found that it makes it easier if you get just a little thicker layer of solder on the wire for these points. There doesn't seem to be sufficent solder if any on these points to hold the wire.

[sublime90]

yeah i have a 15w soldering iron and the small tip to go with it. tried flux . tomorrow im going to get a desoldering tool to remove the sloppy "s" wire and try again and if it still dont work i'll just introduce my ps2 to my baseball bat

sublime

[Headly]

I forget one of your old posts. When you took the chip out the PS2 did work properly right?

[sublime90]

heres the whole story so far. i originally had a neo installed. i took that out ps2 worked no prob, tried installing my magic 3.6 and i got nothing, touched up on some soldering and i got the browser screen but keept repeating the system configuration (meanwhile ever sense i tried installing the magic my laser doesnt spin or move, it tries but gets jerked back), so of course i go to touch up some soldering again and now i just get a solid black screen. so to answer your question, yeah before i tried installin my magic it worked perfect lol

sublime

[Headly]

yeah, but I thought that you took the magic chip out once. If so what I'm asking is that after the fist try at the magic install did it work?

[sublime90]

no i havent tried completly removing the magic and trying it without it yet

sublime