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I want to use this mod chip set (picture 1) because I like how the C,A,D and B connection solder through little holes. But I’m unsure if the SP1, SP2 cable will work with the switch lite? It says OLED on it, and I’m not sure if it will line up correctly?

I have installed a mod chip on a switch lite before, and the sp1/sp2 cable looked totally different. Way shorter with a full chipset on the end, however that install was a complete pain in the a$$ to because the C,A,B,and D connections soldered to a pad (picture2) and you basically have to stretch the solder to the pins, and nothing lines up well.

First attempt at installing a mod chip on the SP1 and SP2 capacitors and accidentally popped off the SP2 capacitor and the one to the right of it.

Did a quick Reddit dive and saw a bunch of stuff saying its not that big of a deal and should still work because they are sequenced in parallel to each other, and to just solder onto the two pads instead.

After many more try’s it seems the left pad for SP2 is gone as well! 🫠 (or at least I couldn’t get it to tin from multiple try’s)

Am I fully cooked?! Is there something I can do to fix this? Or did I just make a very expensive paperweight? I’d really prefer not to buy a new $70 motherboard.

*sorry for the typo in the title, but it won’t let me change it now that I’ve posted it

So we found mold in our basement (picture #1). The dehumidifier broke and we didn’t notice until it was too late. Had a mold removal guy come do a walkthrough for a quote. He says we caught it early, and could get away with spraying and vacuuming the affected areas. Long story short I’m just going to do it. Remove the moldy drywall up to 18” above the visible mold, spray, scrub, and vacuum affected areas of studs, replace drywall, re-paint.

The way our basement is set up: half the basement is “finished” (drywall walls and ceiling but still has concrete floor, no baseboards) the other half has been split into two smaller rooms, one also “finished”, and the other is unfinished, you can see the dirt floor crawlspace area under the house. It houses the hot water heater and furnace. This is how we found the mold, because you can walk into the unfinished portion and see the back of the drywall. So I am currently removing everything we had stored from all 3 sections of the basement, and decided to get up onto the crawlspace portion to look and see if I could see mold on the back of the drywall on the other two sections.

What I found is pictures 2,3, and 4. It definately appears to be something growing from the humidity, but I’m not sure if it’s mold, or maybe mildew? It is a thin white powdery substance. It’s hard to tell from the last image, but it goes all the way down, and doesn’t seem necessarily “worse” towards the bottom.

Any clue what it is? How I treat it? Or should I just play it safe and pull the drywall there and replace? Also wondering once I put the new drywall up should I be adding something to the back of the drywall since it’s being exposed to moister air from under the house? Should I maybe paint it with mold resistant paint or something?

I’ve been working and waiting almost a month to get all the pieces, components, and skills to do a re-shell and and IPS upgrade for my 1000 and it’s finally time! Wish me luck!

New to soldering, so I grabbed an old 300w amplifier took it apart and played around. I practiced pulling some out some components, then soldering them back in place. (Through hole I think?)

Practiced cleaning and tinning the tip of the iron, and using flux to guide solder between two pads (as I will be installing an IPS screen on a handheld and need to create a “short” by connecting two pads together)

Then I decided to create this monstrosity just to practice soldering pieces together since I didn’t have any wires to practice on. I see why it’s suggested to buy a third hand as I had to do some funky holding to keep the pieces in place as I soldered them together!

How did I do? Anything else I need to practice/do my connections look terrible?

P.s. I’m aware this configuration of components doesn’t make any sense for functional use. I was just having fun soldering things together 😆