Any suggestions, please? -UPDATE - BUT JOY

[Liam Proven]

On 13 September 2010 00:16, Christopher Chan
<christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:

> I thought you were supposed to douse the chip with a bit of alcohol and
> then set fire to it to resolder the contacts!

I have heard of some solutions for faulty BGA soldering, but not that
one. It seems a little extreme. Baking in an oven or directed air from
a paint-stripping hot-air gun, yes. Fire, probably not a good idea.

> Well, there must be a reason for motherboard manufacturers to start
> sticking two or even three bios chips on their boards. Uber hot discrete
> graphics + uber space heating cpu (okay, okay, that was years ago but
> still) + enclosed space where the case is placed are probably factors...

I believe it is more to do with faulty BIOS flashing rather than
actual mechanical failures.


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