Any suggestions, please? -UPDATE - BUT JOY

[Basil Chupin]

On 13/09/2010 10:54, Christopher Chan wrote:
> On Monday, September 13, 2010 07:59 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
>    
>> 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.
>>      
> Never done it myself. Apparently there are even videos of people
> performing this jury-rig due to lack of tools like the hot-air gun you
> mentioned. Baking in an oven...interesting.
>
>
>    
>>      
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>>      
> Basil, own up, You bricked your motherboard on a botched BIOS flash
> upgrade did you not?
>    

Probably did, when I did it some 5 years or so ago.

Such things eventually catch with you, you know....

BC

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