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In my personal opinion using low melting point solder means you aren't qualified to do the repair and maybe should train on broken boards first. Sure, it makes
by 05 1y ago
In my personal opinion using low melting point solder means you aren't qualified to do the repair and maybe should train on broken boards first. Sure, it makes desoldering easier but it's very hard to clean completely and mixing it with regular solder compromises the joints, which is especially important in a highly thermally cycled device like a laptop. Sure, use it to remove a through hole connector from an interface board but maybe keep it away from the mainboard or power delivery..
Just use a preheater for dogs sake, although I think this part can be removed just fine with a regular iron using a bent piece of copper wire that touches all its pins, then heating that wire. Not like you need to care not to overheat it - it's dead already.
- instagib 1y agoPreheating is good advice if the rest of the components can handle it. Otherwise, shield them and hot air gun. I clip the leads to dead chips then there is no heating issue when cleaning the pads. IPC std certified to 0201. You can find many videos online. Tin based solder will whisker over years time which can be a concern. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisker_(metallurgy) https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisker_(metallurgy)