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minus-squaredbx12linkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoWe are talking about Laptop mainboards with SMD parts right? Mad props for trying to replace a SMD fuse with a soldering iron.
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-24 months agoHe knew enough to know there was a fuse, but not enough to know which one it was or that most modern parts don’t use BGA (edit: “most”. There are still some on the market, I think?). It was a spectacular mess.
minus-squaredbx12linkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoBGA would be even more trouble to manually manipulate. I kinda want to see a picture now of the repair attempt… :D
We are talking about Laptop mainboards with SMD parts right? Mad props for trying to replace a SMD fuse with a soldering iron.
He knew enough to know there was a fuse, but not enough to know which one it was or that most modern parts don’t use BGA (edit: “most”. There are still some on the market, I think?). It was a spectacular mess.
BGA would be even more trouble to manually manipulate. I kinda want to see a picture now of the repair attempt… :D