29 Mar
2002
29 Mar
'02
4:26 p.m.
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
OK, does _anybody_ (else)?
Yes, me, if I can ID the problem and have the tools to do the job [1].
Though if I can easily replace the offending _board_ instead, I'd much
rather do that, I've never been afraid to risk breaking something that
has already failed to perform to my specs.
[1] I was at one time "certified" by Texas Instruments as a solder
operator, but I haven't kept up the skills and have never owned really
good electronic solder tools. So I have a pretty good grasp of what a
job involves, and whether I'm equipped to tackle it.
That said, given a torch with the right tips, which I have, and silver
or gold solder & flux, I can, in the words of Ron Streu, owner of Broken
Feather Jewelry, "solder a gnat's ass shut, without singeing his wings"
But that's really a completely unrelated skillset.
Doc
Anyway, I repair my PCs to component level as well..
Doesn't everybody???
No.