With the right tools and a highly skilled operator, that can be replaced. I've seen FG456 BGAs replaced. Personally, I have neither the tools nor the skills.
And, I don't mean the $500 BGA rework machines. I mean the ones that cost many times what the board costs. 73, Mark W7MLG On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 7:03 PM Ken K6MR <[email protected]> wrote: > The FPGA is a Xilinx XC6SLX9 in a FTG256 1.0 mm pitch BGA package. > > *Ken K6MR * > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of Mark Goldberg <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 20, 2022 4:18 PM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Reflector Elecraft <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Elecraft] SVGA Board For K3 > > What is the chip and what package is it in? > > 73, > > Mark > W7MLG > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 4:47 PM Jim Brown <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The SVGA board in one of my two P3s has failed, and a friend who works > > for Elecraft told me it's un-repairable. The reason is that its the > > failure of a large chip that simply cannot be un-soldered. He also tells > > me that orders for the board are still being accepted for an > > unpredictable delivery time, but that at least a couple dozen more > > orders are needed to make a production run. > > > > The SVGA board is a wonderful tool that I find invaluable. If you want > > one, now's the time to order it. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
