Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:12:47 +0100 From: Liam Proven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It's also a *lot* easier than trying to remove and replace the failed cap, especially if you are not familiar with component-level electronics work, particularly soldering. Added to this, more modern computers from the 1990s often used robots to do the soldering, allowing tricky techniques for humans such as surface-mount attachment instead of the older pin-through-hole attachment. These are really difficult for even a skilled solderer to replace, and when you consider that the parts may be hard to obstain and the contacts on the board corroded, it's an uphill battle.
Personally, I find the surface mount components *a lot* easier to replace than the through hole stuff. I often have trouble with through-hole leads sticking to the plated through part of the hole. This is especially problematical when desoldering a DIP chip, where all the leads need to release simultaneously. YMMV
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