Soldering Mad Catz SE PS3 USB Wire?

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Accidentally pulled on the USB cable and now two black wires from the pcb came loose, one thick and one thin black wire. Not sure which to solder it to now? Some help please <3

Back of PCB

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You can ignore the thick black wire; that’s the cable’s shielding.
The thin black wire goes to GND.

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I does not matter as both points connect to ground anyways.

And as Freedom gundam said you only need the thinner black wire as the other wire is the shield.

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Ah my bad I didn’t point out which row was it. Or maybe I’m really dumb and missing something really obvious :fearful:.

Here’s a better image

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Sorry bout that. Could you point out which one am I supposed to solder the thin wire to? Thanks <3

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From what I vaguely remember, it doesn’t really matter, as both solder points are actually bridged.
That being said, you can’t go wrong in soldering to the right-most one (ie, use the 4 consective contact points).

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Thanks so much! :heart:

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