On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:04 PM, ROBERT H. BAUCOM wrote: > Doe's this fill within the definition of JURY RIG ? :-) > RHB > > > >> >> >>> 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 think you meant Jerry Rigged?? This method can work with the use of a heat gun when working with a board that has low value and the Scotle HR-360 machine is beyond your reach. The pro logic board repair machines are mostly just controlled heat guns. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem -- -- 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
