<![CDATA[FUCK YES]]>FUCK YES

I finally managed to open my Steelseries Arctis Pro headset (fuck you, product manager who signed off to use the softest security torx screws known to man. Luckily a drill will solve that problem permanently...)

Headset wouldn't turn on anymore.
Because a hair thin wire broke and the power button press didn't pass through to the main PCB anymore.

Annoyingly, BT still doesn't work, because a tiny capacitor broke off at some point and took its pad with it. Sigh

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/c6d9010c-640e-47d7-bcfe-e8582c13e779/fuck-yesRSS for NodeThu, 09 Apr 2026 13:49:57 GMTSat, 21 Mar 2026 13:14:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to FUCK YES on Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:55:48 GMT]]>@boyago I *was* trying to microsolder it.

but then it disappeared into a paralell dimension while I had it in my tweezers

Probably going to try to just patch the missing trace and see if it works without the cap. I *think* it's just a smoothing cap for a power-on transistor

Otherwise it's off to "let's randomly guess the cap specs and hope"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaosfurs.social/users/darkrat/statuses/116267505971832602https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaosfurs.social/users/darkrat/statuses/116267505971832602Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:55:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to FUCK YES on Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:51:30 GMT]]>@darkrat I recognized the pcb because I just took one of these apart last week for a transplant project. Feeling lucky cause my terminals were not covered with mastic like those. Did the cap eject from our reality or are you going to attempt some micro soldering?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/boyago/statuses/116267489069675509https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/boyago/statuses/116267489069675509Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:51:30 GMT