submitted 1 year ago by FloppyFlounder8@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/switchpirates@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I'm trying to solder on the flex cable for a PicoFly. I've added some solder to the bottom two points that are touching the metal surrounding the CPU. However, I seem to only be making a bigger and bigger ball of solder when trying to melt it. I've upped the temperature on my iron but that doesn't seem to be doing anything. What am I doing wrong?

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[-] FloppyFlounder8@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just brought the shield up as a point of reference to describe what I'm referring to. However, in the videos and posts I've seen for the chip I have, they all seem to have some portion of solder touching the shield.

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