28 Sep
2007
28 Sep
'07
1:01 p.m.
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Scrappy Laptop wrote:
A nice hack and useful tool for doing such repairs
that takes about 20
minutes to build and costs about $20 if your junkbox is empty:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/07/how-to-make-a-surface-mount-soldering-ir…
Using this to do hot air reflow is much, much easier than trying to
hand-hold even the finest of soldering irons if you don't have
professional equipment at home...it provides just enough heat to melt
low mp solder and applies it to a very small (2-3 mm) spot.
I'll have to make one of those. I happen to have one of those desoldering
irons.
On what kind of board are the broken traces? Can it be
removed and
shipped?
It's the mainboard of a Macintosh G5 dual. Appearance really isn't an
issue as the board will be concealed anyhow. Since I now know that he's
watching, let's see if he'll chime in on what needs to be done.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu