would like some help regarding soldering pls

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hello

i'm pretty good at soldering but i'm a little stumped at this .

i'm trying to solder some wires to a xbox360 pad , but all i have to go on is a picture and i'm not sure how to do it .

i have the orange wire soldered no probs. but i dont understand how to get the yellow wire soldered onto the pcb and why does it say cut ?. does it mean i solder both wires then cut the solder so they dont touch?

if any one could help me?, i would be very grateful.

reagrds
iain

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Re: would like some help regarding soldering pls

Are you sure that you didn't put the "cut" in the xbox pics? If not, might need a jumper wire. You can use the leg of an old cap too.

no didnt put the "cut" on there.

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Re: would like some help regarding soldering pls

just dont know what it means by it .?

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Re: would like some help regarding soldering pls

If I only had those two images to go by, the word CUT would normally signify that you should take something like an xacto knife and carefully put a cut in the thin circuit trace of the PCB that normally joins where the orange and yellow wires are to be soldered so that the two wires will not be electrically connected by that trace (and also to cut the PCB trace between where the green and purple wire are to be attached).

if there is no pad available you may be expected to solder the yellow wire directly onto the circuit trace (just to the right of your cut mark), after you scrape off some of the solder mask first.

Regards,
Frank