Chris M wrote:
--- davis <davis at saw.net> wrote:
would a decent eye loupe do the trick, as far as
determining where the problem lay? Truthfully I've had
problem power supplies in the past, and nailed each
solder junction (on the underside of the board) w/a
hot iron, and it always seemed to work like a charm
(can't remember why I suspected it was cracked solder
though). Soldering iron tips are made of copper, so I
don't see any reason why I couldn't chisel one down
for a specific task. Any thoughts? Am I courting
disaster?
Did it again, Copper will get eaten by lead solder. I tried this with a old weller as a
kid and the tip didn't seem to last a hr. I don't know about the new leadfree pain
in the ass techmology. I'm sure your and mine GRX560 is one of the last laptops to use
leaded solder. Or maybe the problem is lead-free with bad processes?
Jim Davis.