11 Apr
2010
11 Apr
'10
3:47 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Pemberton" <classiccmp at philpem.me.uk>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: RoHS nonsense, was: Desoldering Chips, was Re: Can someone,
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Whilst that is all true, alot of dust gets inside the games console, and the
fan sometimes fails making the problem worse. There are mods that people do
to help with the heat problem and keep the chips seated. After all, it is
essentially a PC in a consoles shell.
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
When done badly, as in the Xbox "Red Ring of
Death", failure results.
When done well with careful design, RoHS BGA work is probably quite
durable.
I do wonder if half the problem is heat... the Xbox360 CPU and GPU were
well known to be incredibly power-hungry (moreso than other CPUs and
GPUs in their class) and put out a lot of heat. Couple that with a
piss-poor cooling system...