[sdiy] Reflow revisited and a bit OT, sorry

[David Ingebretsen]

The board is densely populated with standard SMD but also the type where the
pads are underneath the chip and so are inaccessible to an iron. I think it
will require a full reflow.

Understand, if it fries, it's ok since it was a freebie from a friend.

I'll have a look at YouTube. Thanks

David

~~ -----Original Message-----
~~ From: Graham Atkins [mailto:gatkins at blueyonder.co.uk]
~~ Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 4:13 PM
~~ To: David Ingebretsen
~~ Cc: 'synth diy'
~~ Subject: Re: [sdiy] Reflow revisited and a bit OT, sorry
~~ 
~~ Hi David,
~~ 
~~ The principle of repairing is not O/T. What sort of device packages
~~ are in use
~~ here ?. Do they need a full reflow or could you use a miniature iron
~~ with suitable
~~ bit(s). SMT soldering and rework practices have got good coverage on
~~ YouTube
~~ and elsewhere.
~~ 
~~ Graham
~~ 
~~ On 28 Aug 2010, at 23:02, David Ingebretsen wrote:
~~ 
~~ >
~~ > My son has at last arrived at a stage where he wants to tinker,
~~ > experiment,
~~ > and think about things mechanical and electronic. I couldn't be
~~ > prouder :)
~~ >
~~ > He has a broken X-Box, presumably with the standard flaky solder joint
~~ > problems. While the X-Box is clearly off topic, the desire to reflow
~~ > the PCB
~~ > is not.
~~ >
~~ > Can anyone point me to a How-To or give me some advice regarding how
~~ > to
~~ > reflow this PCB without investing $100s into some weird oven? I really
~~ > didn't find anything in my search of the archives, although one of
~~ > you is no
~~ > doubt going to show me where I didn't look...
~~ >
~~ > You can chastise me here of off list for the off topic question
~~ > which has
~~ > probably been answered a dozen times. I can take it. I'm a man who
~~ > knows how
~~ > to use a soldering iron :)
~~ >
~~ > David
~~ >
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