Bikerbob's H5 C1 build

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Well unfortunately I seem to have one of the parts deliveries that "gets lost".. 5 weeks and counting now.

I am sure it will show up, but man this is a buzz kill on the build. I am going to start desoldering the ports from the donor board.

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Well here are some pics of my desoldering work today. Yihua 948 .. does the job.

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For those following.. as it usually works, as soon as you complain your stuff did not show up.. it shows up!

I have my bits..

BUT - later yesterday afternoon as I was desoldering the WD controller from the donor board my desolder tool stopped heating up.. its a Yihua 948.. and from a video I watched on Youtube. I think it is the thermal fuse? I will open it up today and check it. One thing that throws me about this device is sometimes I get smoke from the machine itself.. I never find anything wrong, but I am not sure what is heating up inside the machine. Nothing there to heat up.. but I will inspect again.

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Seems it was not the thermal fuse.. sigh.. and a heating unit is as expensive as replacing the whole gun.. So it is on order.

Hopefully this one lasts longer than the initial one.

Is there a youtube video or anyone documented the build process?? I am just not sure what everything on the board does?? aka settings.. also are there things I need to add.. I guess I will build everything I know how.. and then show a picture and ask if there is anything I am missing.. but jumper settings would be great.

Where can I read about those?

James
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Bikerbob wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 5:50 pm Seems it was not the thermal fuse.. sigh.. and a heating unit is as expensive as replacing the whole gun.. So it is on order.

Hopefully this one lasts longer than the initial one.

Is there a youtube video or anyone documented the build process?? I am just not sure what everything on the board does?? aka settings.. also are there things I need to add.. I guess I will build everything I know how.. and then show a picture and ask if there is anything I am missing.. but jumper settings would be great.

Where can I read about those?

James
I posted some photos of my minimal build over in my thread https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewt ... =40#p68656 showing how I've got it set up...if that's any help?
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Thanks Exxos.. that helps... I guess when I searched, I used all the wrong keywords.. lol

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OK, so I have everything in place. I have not soldered everything in. I also have the decoder board that is not shown.

Is there anything I am missing besides jumper pins and blocks???

Thanks

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Looks ok to me.
https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/ All my hardware guides - mods - games - STOS
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OK, I am all soldered up!

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Exxos, the decoder has the row of pins on the bottom.. would I be ok to put that in say slot 2.. and soldered the pin row rather than what I did.. putting it in a socket?

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