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This appears to be somewhat O.K., but it's abnormal. Looking closer, you can see the formation of Lichtenberg phenomena (the way lightning is shaped) as a result of the solder "whiskering" -- growing tiny hairs under the solder mask. and eventually forming a short that causes symptoms most would find mysterious but rarely catastrophic. it must be scraped away then coated with fresh solder mask.

Many electronics, including the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, were affected when lead-based solder was banned by the EPA in the early to mid 2000's and a new alloy had to be created.

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offering various forms of repair, within the capabilities of current equipment. options will expand as more equipment is acquired and becomes comfortable to utilize.

please inquire with item in question to be certain of ability, which you may be directed to custom services for a mail-in repair.

client's PS5 controller developed stick drift, along with the USB charge port being ripped out. replaced both sticks with hall effect sticks, since a cleaning rejuvenation is only temporary. hall effect uses magnets and a sensor -- virtually nothing to wear out.

client's FPV video transmitter USB connector wore out, to which they commissioned Dave for a quick repair. damaged port was removed, and pigtail soldered in it's place at client's request.

note: this photo was confirming functionality -- forgot photo before return shipment

Connector broke off GPS module after quadcopter crash. luckily, MATEK puts 2 connectors on this particular model. Had a small amount of troulbe getting it to work again because it would not detect either GPS or compass. a quick look over, and it was soon realized 5v had a trace peeled up that was going into a via and then to the diode. a small piece of wire and dab of solder later, we were up and running again.

client purchased ceiling fan that included a speed controller, but needed to be operable from same switch as outdoor lighting with potential upgrade to automation. initially, fan only worked on highest setting, despite a total of 4 speeds. disassembly of included controller revealed why

this particular switch's capacitor values were 3.3 and 5.6uF, but included controls had 8uF and 12uF. a quick disassembly and swap resulted in a ceiling-mounted propeller working properly. the box is a capacitor assembly removed from an old fan for testing purposes.

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