That guy who told me to use flux on Switch mod chip installs was right

Some dude on here said I'd brick my Switch if I didn't use flux on those tiny solder points for the picofly install. I figured I'd been soldering for years without it, so I skipped it. After two hours of bridged joints and lifted pads on the capacitor near the CPU, I finally gave in. Grabbed some cheap flux paste from Amazon, redid the whole thing in 20 minutes flat. Anyone else stubbornly skip steps and regret it?

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uma_nguyen246d ago

Yeah that "real man" stuff is stupid. Flux makes everything easier.

jessica_miller6d ago

Oh yeah, because who needs flux when you can just suffer for two hours like a real man. Glad you finally saw the light.