Hacking Sx Core and Sx Lite , test Units Received

[blueflue]

i have been reading along for couple days and just want to say thank you for providing good information here.
i'm planing on getting the sx core once available at my place.

 

[izy]

View attachment 215786 Hello iv'e just soldered the core on a v1 but now it wont turn on even with charger in
so it's not because lack of battery.Any ideas about what im facing here.
is it because it wont run if it's to hot.it's pretty hot in my room.
i have this pic if you guys can tell anything from it.hope not it is bridging

did you reattach the battery to motherboard

 

[Grimlock97]

View attachment 215786 Hello iv'e just soldered the core on a v1 but now it wont turn on even with charger in
so it's not because lack of battery.Any ideas about what im facing here.
is it because it wont run if it's to hot.it's pretty hot in my room.
i have this pic if you guys can tell anything from it.hope not it is bridging

Did you plug the nand chip on the modchip and not on to the motherboard? I also heard that people plugged the nand chip on to the motherboard and the Switch doesnt power on without giving any leds on sx core. A overall picture would be nice

 

[vvaitforme]

View attachment 215786 Hello iv'e just soldered the core on a v1 but now it wont turn on even with charger in
so it's not because lack of battery.Any ideas about what im facing here.
is it because it wont run if it's to hot.it's pretty hot in my room.
i have this pic if you guys can tell anything from it.hope not it is bridging

are you sure you stick the chip in the right direction. v1 and v2 diffrent side i know

 

[Artwebb]

are you sure you stick the chip in the right direction. v1 and v2 diffrent side i know

You really cant screw that up, the ribbons wouldn't have lined up.

 

[UnderJinx]

Did you plug the nand chip on the modchip and not on to the motherboard? I also heard that people plugged the nand chip on to the motherboard and the Switch doesnt power on without giving any leds on sx core. A overall picture would be nice

sorry about the quality of the solder pic
tried to resolder because i thought the solder wasent touching the capasistor points.

 

[blueflue]

you should take off the metal shield from the nand. you may have shortcut the modchip.

 

[UnderJinx]

you should take off the metal shield from the nand. you may have shortcut the modchip.

yes but it wont turn on even with the chip attached

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View attachment 215804 View attachment 215805 sorry about the quality of the solder pic
tried to resolder because i thought the solder wasent touching the capasistor points.

now tried to attact the nand back to the motherboard but nothing still wont turn on.

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did you reattach the battery to motherboard

yes

 

[Grimlock97]

yes but it wont turn on even with the chip attached

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now tried to attact the nand back to the motherboard but nothing still wont turn on.

On the second picture, you already plugged the nand chip , where it belongs to but you must take the silver alu-shielding off. You can shortcut the modchip or maybe because of the alu-shielding, the nand chip does not connect properly.

 

[UnderJinx]

On the second picture, you already plugged the nand chip , where it belongs to but you must take the silver alu-shielding off. You can shortcut the modchip or maybe because of the alu-shielding, the nand chip does not connect properly.

ok will try that.but is it normal that the switch not turning on without the chip attached

 

[Grimlock97]

It may be normal, I did not test it with mine but if you want to check your soldered connections, use multimeter and test the connectivity on both solder points.

 

[blueflue]

without the nand? yes thats normal

 

[Grimlock97]

If he means without the nand, thats absolutly normal but if he means that he did not attach the modchip, I have to let this unanswered as I did not test that.

 

[UnderJinx]

ok will try that.but is it normal that the switch not turning on without the chip attached

just removed the metalplate no go.

 

[Grimlock97]

Did you plug the battery connector back to the motherboard?

 

[blueflue]

could you make a quality picture of the mainboard, so we can see whats going on?

 

[UnderJinx]

could you make a quality picture of the mainboard, so we can see whats going on?

this is as good as i could manage


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could you make a quality picture of the mainboard, so we can see whats going on?

with nand attached to the chip

 

[Grimlock97]

There is the problem, you did not connect the first connector, near the cable where it says "up" to the motherboard. From the image I can see it is not connected
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I marked it on the picture with a red marker, there is the second connector on the modchip, that you have to plug it on to the motherboard. then it should work

 

[huma_dawii]

Received and installed mine, i am a completely IGNORANT when it comes to soldering, just used a bit of common sense and lots of patience.... did it in an afternoon, the only thing i dont like is that this wont let me reboot or boot any other payload, lets say Lockpick and Incognito RCM, i cant use either because i get a black screen... everything else works. Even Tesla menu.

 

[UnderJinx]

There is the problem, you did not connect the first connector, near the cable where it says "up" to the motherboard

image

I marked it on the picture with a red marker, on the motherboard there is the second connector on the modchip, that you have to plug it on to the motherboard. then it should work

Jesus..Your right now i got blue light what does mean and do i have to turn on the switch to test.