Help! Soldering help

timotylie

New member
Hello guys , im tried to change my switches on my mouse and i think i messedup. I tried to soldering with tutorial on youtube but after i change my switches my mouse left click doesnt work anymore but the other part of mouse still working well. anyone know what cause the problem i got ? Thanks for anyone who helping, here the picture of my soldering work.​
After i check with multimeter only the middle part of switches that doesn't connected with the other part so i remove the solder, here the picture of what i have done.​
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Matthewdupreez

Legendary member
hey bud i advise you remove the first word that could get you kicked off the forum....

tbh i know nothing of how mice work....
except for the ones that run around here on our farm... they are food for our cats... but our cats might not like yours;)
 

JasonK

Participation Award Recipient
if you were replacing a button, you would either need to replace with the same button, or at least one with the same connection behavior/pattern. (nothing in your post answers this question).

The photos are rather blurry, however your solder joints don't look very clean, there is even a 'spike' coming off of one of the joins, which mean the solder was most likely melted with the iron, not the joint itself.
 

Merv

Moderator
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I struggled for a long time trying to solder. No matter what I tried, I could not get a decent solder joint. I finally upgraded my soldering iron from a cheap $10 one, to a temperature controlled unit. It was like magic, all of a sudden I could consistently make great solder joints.

The right temperature and flux is the key to a good solder joint.
 

74ck

New member
I dont really see the cause of the problem here. but maybe you overheated the pcb.
You probably use solder wire with lead, which already has flux in it. But the flux in it evaporates after seconds. So if you're not fast, just have seperate flux(cant go wrong with more flux). And if you can, set the temperature on your soldering iron to 320-340 degree Celsius (assuming you use solderwire with lead, like almost all).
If you have to buy flux, buy a non-acedic one.