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Excellent Mastodon post: why does heating an XBox controller fix it? MLCC Capacitor chemistry, physics, heat infodump.

2 years ago by dragontamer to c/ece

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@greg@icosahedron.website oh oh oh I get to infodump about my favourite thing! it's nothing to do with solder. it's capacitors!
vikingtons 4 points 2 years ago

I suppose the title meant to say Xbox 360 console rather than Xbox controller

Aside from that, very interesting thread. I Vividldly remember having several friends resorting to the towel fix back in the day. thank you for sharing

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