Here's just another illustration of the extent of the problem that Apple 
IBooks are having with the ATI Radeon BGA, there's an eBay listing for 
specifically repairing the ATI BGA on IBook logic boards. They'll re-reflow 
the BGA for $50...sounds like easy money to me!

http://tinyurl.com/3yd6et

Steve Gregory



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From: "stephengregory5849" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TN] [LF] [TN] RoHS compliant laptop with early failure


> It's not just C-clamps. In fact, there's countless web sites out there 
> that have step-by-step "fixes" for bad solder joints on Apple IBook G4 
> laptop logic boards. One good one is here(complete with photos):
>
> http://www.coreyarnold.org/ibook/
>
> His way is to put "shims" on top of the offending component to press down 
> and restore function...not the best fix to be sure, but a lot of owners 
> thanked him for sharing his fix. If you scroll down to the bottom of the 
> page and then click on "128 comments",  you will see that there are quite 
> a few owners that are having serious issues with their IBooks. There was 
> one gentleman who had tried the shim method three times with limited 
> results, and then on the fourth repair he realized that he needed to 
> resolder the offending component. Here's his story (with photos) at the 
> below link. I admire his creativity with his use of binoculars! :^)
>
> http://www.dse.nl/~yver/logicboardrepair/
>
> Prior to these problems, there was also an issue with the ATI video 
> processor BGA in which Apple instituted an extended repair program to 
> replace the logic boards in certain IBooks. But that warranty expired in 
> 2005. Here's a rather inventive way to repair the BGA on logic boards that 
> are outside the warranty period:
>
> http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/726/diy-obsolete-ibook-logic-board-repair
>
> I wondered if the BGA was lead-free, but could not find the datasheet for 
> it...
>
> Steve Gregory
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Werner Engelmaier" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 7:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [LF] [TN] RoHS compliant laptop with early failure
>
>
> Hi Joe,
> Sorry to say their is an epidemic of of failing laptops.
> The Danish government is going after Apple, there is a class action 
> against
> Sony, I also heard about problems with HP and Dell...and to my knowledge, 
> it is
> all SJ failures.
> I do not know whether it is LF or laptops getting smaller and with more
> functionality and running hot—most likley some combination. I have ssen 
> pictures of
> people using C-clamps on laptop housings to be able to start their 
> laptops—
> putting pressure on the SJ fracture surfaces to make electrical contact.
> It seems, DfR has never been heard of by this people.
> However, your laptop takes the cake for customer...on the other hand, I 
> have
> heard of DOA's right out of the box at distribution centers.
>
>
>
> Werner
>
>
>
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