Dokert
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Spent most of my week replacing bad and or burnt headers on different boards and thought why not make a video and share the fun.

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Its a straight Mp4 file...best bet would be to right-click and save it. You may also need Quicktime or Itunes if you don't have another Mp4 player app.
Very informative video. Makes it look easy to do.
Would love to see a video on the proper way to crimp molex pins. I struggle with that.
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It might be something on my end (Firefox on win7), but no video shows up for me![]()
10 minutes?
Holy cow, Dok-
shut the hell up and start soldering...
just saying
Just bustin' ya.
On a more informative note, although I refused to watch your other 14 minute one, I flicked through enough of it to see that you have a crimper that will crimp down the insulation AND wire portion at the same time for the pin replacement.
Thanks for THAT!
Kerry
Spent most of my week replacing bad and or burnt headers on different boards and thought why not make a video and share the fun.
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Nice job, Dave. Wish I had time to do some of these videos, it looks like fun.
BTW, I loved the ceramic fuses on that ps board, 15 or 20 Amp?
Also, on the keyed pins, what I do is pull it up a little, clip it off and push it back down flush. That way you still get the pin to solder in for support and it doesn't stick up and get in the way when pushing the connector on it.
ken
PS. Pay no attention to the grouch behind the curtain. Not all of us squandered our educational experience getting a EE degree, so having a set of "how to" videos aimed at beginners is a good resource for the community.
Nice video. Too add to this, I've had people ask me about the easy way to remove pins for keying locations without the occasional connector breakage.
One extra hint for making pin removal easier: You already have an excellent tool for removing pins for key locations -- that rat shack solder sucker.
I have one of them soldersuckers like you have in the video. These fit perfectly over the 0.156" header pins. Flip the solder sucker so hole is facing up (I have a vice that I put it in), insert the bottom side of the pin into the solder sucker hole, count to five to allow pin to heat up -- then pull it out with a pair of needle nose. Pin practically falls out and never breaks the header plastic.
Ed
Very cool video, Dave! Never done one of those before but they don't seem nearly as scary now.
I'm curious as to what you were using for your magnifying glass / light as I'm finding it harder and harder to focus up close...