depending on what the socket is made of and if it's closed on the top/sides/back i'd suggest surrounding it with a good epoxy. if you clean the circuit board it should at least stick well to that (as they are fiberglass and epoxy in the first place) but you may have to scrape off any solder resist coating (the colored coating, be careful not to break any traces!). i don't have a powerbook so i can't be more specific. with the socket surrounded by epoxy it should be more stable and stress tolerant even if the epoxy won't stick to the plastic the socket housing is made out of. of course make sure first there is room for the epoxy and let it dry well and avoid getting epoxy on the solder connections as it would make them hard to fix (a soldering iron will decompose the epoxy eventually, but it smells bad and is doubtless toxic and/or carcinogenic!). p.s., you can also destroy the epoxy holding the traces to the board if you overheat it and then they can come loose, fixable if the trace is on the surface of the board, if you damage the pad and the trace is internal to the board it's a major pain even with the right tools. -- Do we want a "Jerry Springer" world where people make wild claims without evidence and then attack each other with chairs in the name of entertainment or do we want a world based on the rule of law and the search for truth which require evidence, not speculation and name calling? If we have hard evidence that Iraq Has illegal weapons, what sort of sick game are we playing by not having released it yet, or even until next week? Before we Start a war, we'd better be sure we know why we are about to spill blood and have our blood spilled or we are nothing but madd dogs terrifying the world.
> From: k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: resoldering > > I am about to resolder the powersockets on a PB 3400c > they have no contact - i solded it once before, and now the other > chordsocket is loose aswell - any solution to this problem, since the > soldering areas are so small (i used coolingspray) is there some > other place on the mobo where ou could solder more stable and easy ? > ---- -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
