I purchased 2 of the recent fire-sale modules for my 4-port Jupiter, but needed to add a couple of
pin headers to support all six modules.
I've never really soldered anything before and had no idea what I was doing, but I managed to get everything working! It took a few tries though. I made the assumption that the two blank spaces were simply solder filled holes, but no matter how hot I heated them, I couldn't melt them. I ended up just soldering to the surface.
I'm currently running my existing 4 modules on ports 2-5 so that I can simply attach the new ones onto the side of my open-case Jupiter using ports 1 and 6.
The point of me sharing this is simply to show my excitement and proof that even a noob like me can make this work!
Okay, let me help. Next time you try this first have a soldering iron hot enough; second have solder wick and a small needle nose to hold the solder wick that can get hot; third have some liquid flux, fourth have a soldering iron HOT enough to melt the solder. For the last I suggest you might try the hobby section of Walmart for a wood etching iron and use the large angle-pointed tip with flats. These irons are cheap so if flux destroys the tip, throw the whole thing away and get another. Fifth, get a solder sucker. Practice on something. Grab an old mother board, find some solder filled holes, put some liquid flux on the holes and on the solder wick; hold the solder wick about an inch from the end so the needle nose won't sink all the heat; put the solder wick down on the solder filled holes, press on the solder wick with the flat side of the iron's tip, when you see the wick fill with solder clip off the end of the solder wick and start fresh. Try the solder sucker on a few old motherboard components. Practice.
Thanks for the guidance Soy, I appreciate it. I'm sure the more experienced solder-ers out there like you are absolutely cringing when they see my pictures. I hope to purchase more KnC hardware in the future and may get another chance to "do it right".