On Wednesday 21 March 2007, Adam Findley wrote: > I have an IBM T41 that has had some board trauma. Apparently you flex > the motherboard if you carry it only on one side, which causes the video > chip to separate from the motherboard. After doing some research, it > seems like it's a known problem, with a rather tricky solution: You > have to reflow the BGA (Ball Grid Array) solder in order to get the > thing working again. > > So, does anyone have experience reflowing BGA solder? Or does anyone > know which professor or company that would be willing to help me get > this done? The only other step from here I can see is buying a new > motherboard (which looks inevitable). > > Here's the relevant discussion of the problem: > http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=33952&postdays=0&postorder=asc&s >tart=90
You might try Wolf Electronix in Orem (mentioned recently in a previous thread here). If it is doable, they are qualified. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
