Right up there with the vid of reflow using a can of Sterno . . . that was on an X-box too. Guy -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Knudsen Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Reflow of BGA The last comment in this video is: "PRAY" http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7xcuj_xbox-360-bga-reflow_tech -Chris On 10/17/2011 1:21 PM, David Tremmel wrote: > Hello Patrick, > > Do you really want to fix it or do you want to experiment? > > Using a soldering iron is not a good idea because the heat will never > transfer from the top of the component to all of the spheres or the PCB. > > If you were to use hot-air and a thermocouple you might have success since > an SODIMM has such a low mass and the memory BGAs are so thin. > > Then again, if you don't bake-out the moisture, you might have latent > component and/or PCB failures. > > > Thank you, > > David Tremmel > 872 S. Milwaukee Ave, #253 > Libertyville, IL 60048 > 847 858-5540 - Phone > www.ValuRecovery.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Goodyear, Patrick > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 12:10 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Reflow of BGA > > Ok gang, I'm stretching my limits here. > > Does anyone have experience with hand reflow of BGA? I have never tried > it. Does one use a hot jet or can it be done with the iron to the > component. > Most notably on a SODIMM, one of the memory chips has a bad connection, > looks like 3 rows per side of 8 per row. > > Pat > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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