"it's much more difficult than it looks". my hands are shakey af, I can barely use an exacto blade. you do this stuff under a microscope, incredible. cheers
I just want to thank you for giving me the courage to attempt some 'harder' soldering fixes than I ever have done. I recently replaced all the capacitors on my arcade monitor to fix a horizontal width issue, and the only reason I attempted it was because I saw how patient and thorough you were with your fixes. It also showed me how easy you make it seem, and how I am going to need some magnification and better tools if I do more soldering in the future. You rock sir!
A few years ago I repented to God then begged for help, "I was until then an Atheist." I then had a dream of Jesus coming before God and he spoke of the Tabernacle in perfect context, "A word I didn't know existed.", and what I felt from Jesus when I held him was unlike anything I've ever felt before - A lifetime of Love every second - It brought me to sobbing and it changed my life, forever. I've had other experiences since, "Several witnessed", one was seeing a bright orb of light pass across my face in the dark, hours before a major surgery the second I gave up in my heart. Know that God and Jesus ARE real and that they Love us. Let go of your hatred and Imagine yourself holding the people who've hurt you. Tell them you Love them. Always have hope, I believe that prayer, following God's laws & Love is the answer, and through that, Truly becoming humble, merciful, welcoming, giving and forgiving, To All.
To stop the legs from going bye bye when de/soldering those sockets, leave the mating plug in. It holds the pins in place whilst you're busy melting the plastic.
Totally agreed, it also makes a heat sink to sack the heat away asap which helps to stop melting plugs all wonky. Everyone above still needs to shout cheers to Steve, he is brilliant. Signed A vehicle electrician
The other usb c port is OTG (for things like external wifi dongle etc). I have opened the RG350 in and out and repaired it many times (it's also labeled on the case right on the port). Really psyched that you are fixing one. I think you overpaid for it though, as 40 quid is pretty much the price of it new.
The moocow would have worked if you'd added some leaded solder first. I have the same desoldering station and it sometimes struggles with lead free solder.
Hi Steve, You've inspired me to have a go! T'other week I successfully replaced a USB-B female thingy on a faulty audio interface(A Focusrite Scarlett Solo since you ask). I know you could probably do that in your sleep but I'm happy with it. Thanks for giving me the kahunas to to try it. The audio interface is now back in use!
9:52 - Pro tip if you need to solder something small, like this connector that is encased in plastic that can melt, has multiple legs that needs to be straight: Keep something plugged in, that can help with the legs' alignment and the whole structure is less likely to melt out of shape. Have you checked polarity before putting back together the new battery+terminal thingy? I know you checked polarity on the board but I don't remember you checking the orientation of the plug and how it would correlate to the other side of the plug with the wires.
I paid £ 40 for mine brand new and so far no problems, I find it amazing just how many price variations there are on products like these. Makes you wonder how much they actually cost to make?
All of the Ambernic devices are built in China and are surprisingly good quality for the most part. If you end up keeping the device, it makes a really great retro handheld. I've gone through several different models, and landed on using my Steam Deck at home, but the RG353V is my absolute favorite portable.
RG353V looks slick, but it would be 1000% better if it folded closed. Gba SP was the best size for any portable system and it had competitive games in its time. But now we need that bigger screen and bigger selection, but we still need that screen protecting folding action!
Gotta say, I really appreciate the commitment to the bits. The diagnostics and repairs are great and all but the absolute commitment to the bits - priceless!
A technique I found works well for desoldering multiple leads at once is to solder a thicker copper wire to all the leads, then use a larger iron tip to dump heat into the copper wire, so all the solder melts at once. I learned this technique after ripping some pads straight off a keyboard PCB while trying to get a through-hole controller IC unsoldered. From the video I saw that I learned the technique from, using some kapton tape to hold the copper wire down while you solder it in place can be a ton of help, to keep it perfectly flat against all the part leads. It was useful for me, while pulling the copper wire flat on the other end w/ tweezers/pliers.
Just replace the connector with a pigtail one, and optionally add a dab of hot glue to keep the wires on the PCB. At least you won't risk ripping the pads the next time you need to unplug the battery. I would have used two heatshrink tubes on the batter wires, but that's me not wanting to risk setting the house on fire... 🤣
Dont recommend using flux with mooing de-soldering gun. It gunks up the filter Use new solder to pre tin, then get solder hot with de-soldering tip then suck it up. Also tip was not the right size. Love your videos. I have struggled with the desoldering until changed to this method.
Steve, you should solder some alligator clips to your little battery charger, you use it all the time, i think clips would make it easier and quicker to use.
I literally repaired my r350m, which is the same as this. If the console is left with no charge in it for a long period of time it is unable to charge. I'm guessing something to do with it being completely dead so the charger can't charge it below a certain volt or whatever. Instead of buying a new battery again I used my charger for my RC cars which you can set the charge rate lower. Literally had to remove the connector and wire another end of so it worked with my charger then swap it back over . It managed to get enough charge into battery to boot on the system to charge via USB C. Literally the lipo they use is annoying that this happens to it.
Get the OpenDingux Adam image for it, much nicer UI and works very well. I got my mate to resin print new thumbsticks for mine as the stock ones are a bit crap….
Nice repair.. you should flash the Adam image as it runs better performance with the emulators plus its in english too. I would have used hot glue after soldering the connector down imho. 😅
i would replace that coil, with missing piece of ferrite it will saturate sooner putting more strain on the mosfets.. such a coil is pretty common and cost like 50 cents.
I would’ve just wired up a tail with a new connector to the board and the battery so the connector is in the middle. Like the connectors from led down lights. Would’ve been a fair bit janky though. And definitely wouldn’t have made an entertaining video. You make my week when I see a new video from you mate.
I have the same game console. It's happens because we have to open it to access the SD card to change the firmware. I had the same problem with my one. I bought from China hundreds of those wires.
ZeeZee Top reference nice Steve. Best repair channel on this app, please make a vid every day 😊 Be well and continue the good work. Absolutely Platinum, every episode
very entertaining video ,I love that your editing talent covers your amature sodaring skills and from,at the beginning, wtf is this guy doing, you brought me to wow this dude is cool ! you have my sub and like keep up the entertaining up dude!
I would have opted to swap the direction... put the socket on the battery and then put the wired end on the device. Would have been a little leg work if you have to change the batty bat again, but would have been 'safer'.
Another success. If you run out of things to fix you could always do a useful bits to have vid showing your spares and doner boards and why you keep them. Thumbs up again
he man, i realy like the way you go about fixing these machines. just wing it! i have a question tough. what do you do with all these devices? surely you cant keep everything... right?!?! keep melting plastic and forgetting ribbon cables. when i see someone else do it i can feel like less of a morron. greetings from the netherlands!!
You need to fix that battery wire. You just made a ticking timebomb with that. Never leave the leads of the battery exposed like that, and definitely never heatshrink them together. Doesn't matter if they're different lengths. One day that cable will be flexed in a way that will cause them to short
I saw this but no anxiety, he does not live here. Good job as well. I don’t want my make up brushes washing PCB’s with IPA. And he does hardware and I write software. Capulet and Montague. I’m only here for the ASMR when he solders. He is kinda sweet but no. Get that fixed. A short and a LiPo battery? As Mercurio said, “Ask for me tomorrow and I will be a grave man”
That's cool that seller was up front about the prior repair attempt. Not everyone (hardly anyone, in fact) has the balls to do so. My cat forgot to tell me that she tried to repair my boxer shorts by putting them in her dirty litter box, in top of some poo. True story, although it would have been weirder if she could talk. The end.
I have a RG350 myself. Mine has an intermittent issue where I get a corrupted filesystem after using the device for a while (say ~30 minutes). Replacing the SD card does not solve the issue so it's got to be hardware related. I'm suspecting a cold joint under one of the BGA chips. So I will reball one of them one of these days ... or months. Eventually :). Anyway ... stupid Anberdick xD
Good video Steve. Don't get me wrong, but it sounds like you need a good holiday- you are sounding a little flat will all the stuff you have going. Everyone needs to get away now and then... 🏄Cheers. Danny from Sydney, Australia.
oh cool, I was gonna get one of those handhelds... but then I realized that if I just waited 3 weeks and saved a little bit more I could get the stemdeck :/
Stupid Anbernic RG350
big master steveeeeeee
But yet we take our hats of for Steve for being Steve,
Make new vids every day.
Can you fix ECUs for cars and Van's too ?
"it's much more difficult than it looks". my hands are shakey af, I can barely use an exacto blade. you do this stuff under a microscope, incredible. cheers
I just want to thank you for giving me the courage to attempt some 'harder' soldering fixes than I ever have done. I recently replaced all the capacitors on my arcade monitor to fix a horizontal width issue, and the only reason I attempted it was because I saw how patient and thorough you were with your fixes. It also showed me how easy you make it seem, and how I am going to need some magnification and better tools if I do more soldering in the future. You rock sir!
Comes down to practice, dude. You gain confidence by doing it.
A few years ago I repented to God then begged for help, "I was until then an Atheist."
I then had a dream of Jesus coming before God and he spoke of the Tabernacle in perfect context, "A word I didn't know existed.", and what I felt from Jesus when I held him was unlike anything I've ever felt before - A lifetime of Love every second - It brought me to sobbing and it changed my life, forever.
I've had other experiences since, "Several witnessed", one was seeing a bright orb of light pass across my face in the dark, hours before a major surgery the second I gave up in my heart.
Know that God and Jesus ARE real and that they Love us. Let go of your hatred and Imagine yourself holding the people who've hurt you. Tell them you Love them.
Always have hope, I believe that prayer, following God's laws & Love is the answer, and through that, Truly becoming humble, merciful, welcoming, giving and forgiving, To All.
I have so missed this guy
The soundtrack is always spot on 🤌 love the retro wave tracks.
To stop the legs from going bye bye when de/soldering those sockets, leave the mating plug in. It holds the pins in place whilst you're busy melting the plastic.
And if you do happen to have the pins go bye-bye, they are just standard straight square through pins that you have in a lot of other connectors.
I'll melt your plastic while I hold your legs. 😉
I came to the comments to say the same thing. :)
Totally agreed, it also makes a heat sink to sack the heat away asap which helps to stop melting plugs all wonky.
Everyone above still needs to shout cheers to Steve, he is brilliant.
Signed
A vehicle electrician
I thought he'd just do an online connector and avoid any issues
So glad you had the properly sized knob covers, no one wants to touch uncovered knobs
That's what *_she_* said.
The other usb c port is OTG (for things like external wifi dongle etc). I have opened the RG350 in and out and repaired it many times (it's also labeled on the case right on the port). Really psyched that you are fixing one. I think you overpaid for it though, as 40 quid is pretty much the price of it new.
The moocow would have worked if you'd added some leaded solder first. I have the same desoldering station and it sometimes struggles with lead free solder.
Some sneaky editing there - especially the Gordon the gopher and Fu**. Stupid infinite lives! 😂
Hi Steve, You've inspired me to have a go! T'other week I successfully replaced a USB-B female thingy on a faulty audio interface(A Focusrite Scarlett Solo since you ask). I know you could probably do that in your sleep but I'm happy with it. Thanks for giving me the kahunas to to try it. The audio interface is now back in use!
9:52 - Pro tip if you need to solder something small, like this connector that is encased in plastic that can melt, has multiple legs that needs to be straight:
Keep something plugged in, that can help with the legs' alignment and the whole structure is less likely to melt out of shape.
Have you checked polarity before putting back together the new battery+terminal thingy? I know you checked polarity on the board but I don't remember you checking the orientation of the plug and how it would correlate to the other side of the plug with the wires.
Sitting in my car waiting for my daughter to get out of dance class and loving the videos. Watching from California
I paid £ 40 for mine brand new and so far no problems, I find it amazing just how many price variations there are on products like these. Makes you wonder how much they actually cost to make?
About three-fiddy.
I think 40£ is too much for a broken one
I love the way you flowed my UN into this weeks rap.
I don't care about anyone that complains, that is seriously one of the highlights of my week.
I don't think anyone that watches this complains about his singing...
I’m impressed with your bodging in this one!
Your videos have rapidly become one of my daily rituals!!! Keep them coming.....
All of the Ambernic devices are built in China and are surprisingly good quality for the most part. If you end up keeping the device, it makes a really great retro handheld. I've gone through several different models, and landed on using my Steam Deck at home, but the RG353V is my absolute favorite portable.
Yeah, it does seem well made and seems to play almost anything. I really like it! So I'll probably keep it 😬
RG353V looks slick, but it would be 1000% better if it folded closed. Gba SP was the best size for any portable system and it had competitive games in its time. But now we need that bigger screen and bigger selection, but we still need that screen protecting folding action!
Gotta say, I really appreciate the commitment to the bits. The diagnostics and repairs are great and all but the absolute commitment to the bits - priceless!
Why you didnt solder the cable to board directly without using that connector?
Did you heat shrink the lithium cell + and - together in one heat shrink tube?
7:47 can I just say what a handsome cow, as someone who spent a lot of their childhood in and around dairy and beef farms
A technique I found works well for desoldering multiple leads at once is to solder a thicker copper wire to all the leads, then use a larger iron tip to dump heat into the copper wire, so all the solder melts at once. I learned this technique after ripping some pads straight off a keyboard PCB while trying to get a through-hole controller IC unsoldered.
From the video I saw that I learned the technique from, using some kapton tape to hold the copper wire down while you solder it in place can be a ton of help, to keep it perfectly flat against all the part leads. It was useful for me, while pulling the copper wire flat on the other end w/ tweezers/pliers.
Is it not an issue to have the battery live and neutral bare under the heat shrink?
Just replace the connector with a pigtail one, and optionally add a dab of hot glue to keep the wires on the PCB. At least you won't risk ripping the pads the next time you need to unplug the battery.
I would have used two heatshrink tubes on the batter wires, but that's me not wanting to risk setting the house on fire... 🤣
Thank Steve for the great video.
Thanks Frederick! 👍
Steve, when you said "..and it knows how to use them", I knew I could die happy.
I gotta say, your videos are one of my favorites!! Keeping doing what you do!!
Been thinking about getting one of these random Chinese consoles for some retro gaming action on the go! This looks fun!
Yeah, it's actually pretty cool. Seems to play almost anything. It's certainly better than I thought it would be! 😁
Dont recommend using flux with mooing de-soldering gun. It gunks up the filter Use new solder to pre tin, then get solder hot with de-soldering tip then suck it up. Also tip was not the right size. Love your videos. I have struggled with the desoldering until changed to this method.
@11:00 the most anticipated and most satisfying solid. ever.
Glad to know I'm still useful, Steve.
14:18 56bps v42 bis connection... lol. great video
Mines dead too - watching for tips!
I have a 351p...the gba emulation is really solid. Worth the $80 price for that alone.
Great videos. I've noticed how many times you've had to take things apart again!
seeing a new video from you appear on my sub list is always a treat 😋
I actually own this console. I love it. Glad you could fix this! Great job!
you deserve so much more subscribers, it`s just a blessing watching your videos man!
I have a RG353V and it’s awesome! Nice video as always
Steve, you should solder some alligator clips to your little battery charger, you use it all the time, i think clips would make it easier and quicker to use.
When he forgot that ribbon for the screen and than remembered, I loved that. :D
I literally repaired my r350m, which is the same as this. If the console is left with no charge in it for a long period of time it is unable to charge. I'm guessing something to do with it being completely dead so the charger can't charge it below a certain volt or whatever. Instead of buying a new battery again I used my charger for my RC cars which you can set the charge rate lower. Literally had to remove the connector and wire another end of so it worked with my charger then swap it back over . It managed to get enough charge into battery to boot on the system to charge via USB C. Literally the lipo they use is annoying that this happens to it.
Get the OpenDingux Adam image for it, much nicer UI and works very well. I got my mate to resin print new thumbsticks for mine as the stock ones are a bit crap….
Nice repair.. you should flash the Adam image as it runs better performance with the emulators plus its in english too. I would have used hot glue after soldering the connector down imho. 😅
i would replace that coil, with missing piece of ferrite it will saturate sooner putting more strain on the mosfets.. such a coil is pretty common and cost like 50 cents.
I had that one in my watch list for a while, I even had a offer sent to me!
Still impressed by the fiddly earphone fix, wrong video I know but still impressed haha
Wonderful.. thanks Steve.
That battery connector fix is a bodge for the ages. Top 5 for sure.
I know this is an old video but can TP4056's be used to charge all lithium batteries of all voltages?
Your videos literally make my day. Big love for the big Ste.....and Dave of course.
My favourite patreon rap so far let's all give VOS a 👏👏👏
I like how you said which one is positive and negative it’s clearly marked on the motherboard 😂
I would’ve just wired up a tail with a new connector to the board and the battery so the connector is in the middle. Like the connectors from led down lights.
Would’ve been a fair bit janky though. And definitely wouldn’t have made an entertaining video. You make my week when I see a new video from you mate.
Love your videos, very relaxing to watch and learn 🙂
Use the right USB-C port to charge the device. The left device is for USB dongles or USB gamepads
As always highly entertaining, very well put together!
The other USB is perhaps for an external controller? Just guessing.
Keep an eye on the battery, they don’t like dipping below 3v. That was why the charger started at very low current until the battery reached 3v
I have one of those, not a bad little retro gaming device
Do you have an affiliate link for a meter of multiness? I can’t seem to find any…..
Also freaked at not isolating the battery wires from each other!!
yay new Stezstix! Btw I would say that connect you put on looks studier.
I have the same game console. It's happens because we have to open it to access the SD card to change the firmware. I had the same problem with my one. I bought from China hundreds of those wires.
Wow, that was def a "me move" at the end there.
But it or silicone or glue under the battery connector?
Liked the ZZ Top reference 😊
ZeeZee Top reference nice Steve.
Best repair channel on this app, please make a vid every day 😊
Be well and continue the good work.
Absolutely Platinum, every episode
Best intro ever for pateron support!!
Breaking things while tryin to fix thing is the biggest shadow over me while I work. I felt that leg snap in my soul. Solid fix tho
*takes a sip from his VO Steve Mug*
Almost spit out beverage at the dial-up modem / f*ck combo!
GREAT repair!
Excellent repair & quality laughs too, cheers fella 👍🏻
very entertaining video ,I love that your editing talent covers your amature sodaring skills and from,at the beginning, wtf is this guy doing, you brought me to wow this dude is cool ! you have my sub and like keep up the entertaining up dude!
I would have opted to swap the direction... put the socket on the battery and then put the wired end on the device. Would have been a little leg work if you have to change the batty bat again, but would have been 'safer'.
Another success. If you run out of things to fix you could always do a useful bits to have vid showing your spares and doner boards and why you keep them. Thumbs up again
Did the previous owner tried to repair it or to broke it more?
he man, i realy like the way you go about fixing these machines. just wing it! i have a question tough. what do you do with all these devices? surely you cant keep everything... right?!?! keep melting plastic and forgetting ribbon cables. when i see someone else do it i can feel like less of a morron. greetings from the netherlands!!
Awesome fix. Great video as usual. You give confidence to those of us out here who hesitate to at the very least.. Give it a go. Thanks for sharing 😁
Having to search for a connector that fits. Yet having knob covers to size at hand. 10/10
I wonder if there was a language setting on there somewhere.
You need to fix that battery wire. You just made a ticking timebomb with that. Never leave the leads of the battery exposed like that, and definitely never heatshrink them together. Doesn't matter if they're different lengths. One day that cable will be flexed in a way that will cause them to short
Yeah you'd think he would have thought that - it's dangerous to present a hazardous solution..
Mate when I saw him do it and then leave it I started feeling really panicky and anxious 😂
I saw this but no anxiety, he does not live here. Good job as well. I don’t want my make up brushes washing PCB’s with IPA. And he does hardware and I write software. Capulet and Montague. I’m only here for the ASMR when he solders. He is kinda sweet but no. Get that fixed. A short and a LiPo battery? As Mercurio said, “Ask for me tomorrow and I will be a grave man”
I phoned the police immediately after seeing him do this. With any luck he'll be in custardy as we speak.
@@Tiz147 He'll be wanting some rhubarb then?
Dave looks remarkably well, considering.
Great fix as ever. Where do you sell your stuff Steve? (and do Patreon's get a discount? :D )
🤣 yeah, I really should start selling my stuff. So far, I've kept everything! My house is getting a bit full! 😬
Love your videos, really makes me want to learn to solder.
@1:21 RIP Geoff Capes
That's cool that seller was up front about the prior repair attempt. Not everyone (hardly anyone, in fact) has the balls to do so.
My cat forgot to tell me that she tried to repair my boxer shorts by putting them in her dirty litter box, in top of some poo. True story, although it would have been weirder if she could talk. The end.
Anbernic's are awesome, Good snag and fix for 40 quid.
I love this channel so entertaining and helps learn even if it's the improper amount of goo I wish it was a little more regular/frequent tho
What a bodge, I like it 🙂
Love the beat on this rap today. Great video!
I think they sell knob covers at Boots 😂
Banging ZZ Top cover
I have a RG350 myself. Mine has an intermittent issue where I get a corrupted filesystem after using the device for a while (say ~30 minutes). Replacing the SD card does not solve the issue so it's got to be hardware related. I'm suspecting a cold joint under one of the BGA chips. So I will reball one of them one of these days ... or months. Eventually :). Anyway ... stupid Anberdick xD
Never close the hood before the engine starts and do not unplug the solder either.
Good video Steve. Don't get me wrong, but it sounds like you need a good holiday- you are sounding a little flat will all the stuff you have going. Everyone needs to get away now and then... 🏄Cheers. Danny from Sydney, Australia.
oh cool, I was gonna get one of those handhelds... but then I realized that if I just waited 3 weeks and saved a little bit more I could get the stemdeck :/
just curious is there a reel of you swearing on your Patreon? The impending FFS at 14:26 was going to be glorious.
Amazing as always
Why isn’t Stezfix 🇬🇧 entry for Eurovision?
Love your channel