Doe's this fill within the definition of JURY RIG ? :-) RHB On Feb 13, 2013, at 3:03 PM, Bill Connelly <billycarmac...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:03 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > >> On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote: >> >>> One of the suggested trick was the hair dryer one (it makes the solders >>> contacts temporarily working). >> >> In industrial heat gun is just a super hot hairdryer, and Harbor Freight >> sells cheap ones for $9.99 that are hot enough to easily reflow solder. >> You'd need to mask off the rest of the board with foil and be very careful, >> but you can fix these broken solder joints if you're lucky. > > I've read another internet page that described this technique ... and I > believe he said his success rate was < 10 % > > He also tries cooking the mobo ( or was it just the cpu board? ) leveled > off, in a 350 deg F oven for 3-5 mnts > > "if you're lucky" is correct IMHO. > > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
