Hey so i got my Xeno Gc chips in today and cant seem to get them to work. i thought i got all the points but it still dosnt work. when i turn on the GC no led on the chip lights up and backups or import games do not load http://imgur.com/gM6VTqP
Have you ever used a soldering iron before? Or are you practicing on a Gamecube? If I was you I would practice before soldring anything. Find a broken electronic board and watch some youtube video's. The Xeno looks like it is Burnt and points are soldered together all over the place man. Not trying to be harsh on you but practice practice practice on broken stuff before soldering things you would like to keep. From what I can tell you soldered legs from the chip together , burnt the Xeno in spots , over soldered in spots , connected points that should not be connected ect. Practice man and good luck.
i used to be alright at soldering and all the points were perfect until the last one the solder wouldn't stick i tried and tried and it would by the time i finally got it the board was burnt pins were soldered together and it all went to hell i used a solder sucker at the pins that pic is old and the over solder was also fixed with a solder sucker and a friend who also couldn't get it working i'm pretty sure the burnt bit ruined the chip and if it's fried it's fried i'll try again some other time and practice some more
Ya man it's fried and so is the GC more than likely. Invest in some flux , time , patience and a steady hand. Turn the board for each point to make it easier on you , you don't have to solder all the points with the board in the same position.
the Gc is fine its been running for over an hour and still plays retail games and i did turn the board :$
Ok then desolder that burnt chip and add another one. Maybe try a wire install that might be easier for you instead of a QSB?
Flux and patience is always needed. The Xeno GC chip I had worked for a little while, until the solder came off. I reapplied it to make it stick and it works fine now. Same think happened to my Dreamcast, the resistors didn't take the first time despite the solder sticking in, but a few more seconds with the iron and the connection finally went through.
New chip, clean the points with braid (much better than a sucker since they're prone to taking pads with them), then add flux to the solder points on the PCB and the modchip and start again. I went for a wired install using some ribbon cable since I'm not the best when it comes to soldering fine points - took very little time and has worked a charm. Flux is your friend. Finally grabbed some last year for another job and now use it all the time. Feel a bit daft for not using it previously to be honest Mind, the same goes for other things - for years I didn't use a multimeter and relied on sight, and grabbed a decent temperature controlled soldering station about 2 or 3 years back to replace the bog-standard 15w irons I had. Outlay was a bit extra, but the time saved and the quaity of the work is greatly improved as a result.
Installing XenoGC takes 10-15 minutes max. One of the easiest to install modchips ever. And there's no need for any special equipment, two screwdrivers, and 15w soldering iron (including flux and solder of course), that's all.
I'm no pro at soldering and use a 70w/w adjustable temp as my iron for any project and still never come out with results like that holy crap -_- even on a 3rd, 4th, or etc attempt my soldering wouldn't come out like that. I also never use flux just some 0.32 60/40 Rosin Core and the soldering iron I mentioned, got all my glitch chips in my 360's without QSB I hate those things... and got them right the first time. So yeah, just be more careful you probably either burnt the board as has been said or you have a cold solder joint some where, or leads connecting. My first ever thing I did which was a big job soldering (not just connecting some wires together or etc) was a jtag on a 360, I had connected points but I didn't burn the board at all after some De-Soldering and re-applying solder it worked perfectly fine just had to clean it up nicely.
