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  1. Weird case today in my hobby of #RaspberryPi #electronicsrepair - a dead CPU, but all major ICs are fine: DA9090, VL805, FPF1320UCX...

    And there's more: CPU was shorted on a 1V8 rail 🤔.

    So a note to self on reballing and replacing similar ICs: use airflow around 40%, don't put a hot air nozzle on and don't underestimate hot air rotation while heating the stencil and the chip. You'll thank yourself later 😊.

    #bga #reballing #soldering #ifixit #repair #microsoldering #electronics

  2. Weird case today in my hobby of #RaspberryPi #electronicsrepair - a dead CPU, but all major ICs are fine: DA9090, VL805, FPF1320UCX...

    And there's more: CPU was shorted on a 1V8 rail 🤔.

    So a note to self on reballing and replacing similar ICs: use airflow around 40%, don't put a hot air nozzle on and don't underestimate hot air rotation while heating the stencil and the chip. You'll thank yourself later 😊.

    #bga #reballing #soldering #ifixit #repair #microsoldering #electronics

  3. Weird case today in my hobby of #RaspberryPi #electronicsrepair - a dead CPU, but all major ICs are fine: DA9090, VL805, FPF1320UCX...

    And there's more: CPU was shorted on a 1V8 rail 🤔.

    So a note to self on reballing and replacing similar ICs: use airflow around 40%, don't put a hot air nozzle on and don't underestimate hot air rotation while heating the stencil and the chip. You'll thank yourself later 😊.

    #bga #reballing #soldering #ifixit #repair #microsoldering #electronics

  4. Weird case today in my hobby of #RaspberryPi #electronicsrepair - a dead CPU, but all major ICs are fine: DA9090, VL805, FPF1320UCX...

    And there's more: CPU was shorted on a 1V8 rail 🤔.

    So a note to self on reballing and replacing similar ICs: use airflow around 40%, don't put a hot air nozzle on and don't underestimate hot air rotation while heating the stencil and the chip. You'll thank yourself later 😊.

    #bga #reballing #soldering #ifixit #repair #microsoldering #electronics

  5. Weird case today in my hobby of #RaspberryPi #electronicsrepair - a dead CPU, but all major ICs are fine: DA9090, VL805, FPF1320UCX...

    And there's more: CPU was shorted on a 1V8 rail 🤔.

    So a note to self on reballing and replacing similar ICs: use airflow around 40%, don't put a hot air nozzle on and don't underestimate hot air rotation while heating the stencil and the chip. You'll thank yourself later 😊.

    #bga #reballing #soldering #ifixit #repair #microsoldering #electronics

  6. This isn’t your average classroom. Step behind the scenes of our microsoldering school, where every “oops” becomes an “aha” under the microscope. Learn more about the course at the link below.

    Full blog: ifixit.com/News/109587/become-

    #iFixit #RighttoRepair #Microsoldering

  7. This isn’t your average classroom. Step behind the scenes of our microsoldering school, where every “oops” becomes an “aha” under the microscope. Learn more about the course at the link below.

    Full blog: ifixit.com/News/109587/become-

    #iFixit #RighttoRepair #Microsoldering

  8. This isn’t your average classroom. Step behind the scenes of our microsoldering school, where every “oops” becomes an “aha” under the microscope. Learn more about the course at the link below.

    Full blog: ifixit.com/News/109587/become-

    #iFixit #RighttoRepair #Microsoldering

  9. This isn’t your average classroom. Step behind the scenes of our microsoldering school, where every “oops” becomes an “aha” under the microscope. Learn more about the course at the link below.

    Full blog: ifixit.com/News/109587/become-

    #iFixit #RighttoRepair #Microsoldering

  10. This isn’t your average classroom. Step behind the scenes of our microsoldering school, where every “oops” becomes an “aha” under the microscope. Learn more about the course at the link below.

    Full blog: ifixit.com/News/109587/become-

    #iFixit #RighttoRepair #Microsoldering

  11. Got a Pi 4B with a torn CPU the other day. Removed the lead free solder residue and discovered that a few pads were torn. One of them is important, so had to repair it with 0.02mm wire. I still can't believe it, but it works 🎉.

    #RaspberryPi #electronicsrepair #sbc #BGA #microsoldering #soldering #electronics #repair

  12. Got a Pi 4B with a torn CPU the other day. Removed the lead free solder residue and discovered that a few pads were torn. One of them is important, so had to repair it with 0.02mm wire. I still can't believe it, but it works 🎉.

    #RaspberryPi #electronicsrepair #sbc #BGA #microsoldering #soldering #electronics #repair

  13. Got a Pi 4B with a torn CPU the other day. Removed the lead free solder residue and discovered that a few pads were torn. One of them is important, so had to repair it with 0.02mm wire. I still can't believe it, but it works 🎉.

    #RaspberryPi #electronicsrepair #sbc #BGA #microsoldering #soldering #electronics #repair

  14. Got a Pi 4B with a torn CPU the other day. Removed the lead free solder residue and discovered that a few pads were torn. One of them is important, so had to repair it with 0.02mm wire. I still can't believe it, but it works 🎉.

    #RaspberryPi #electronicsrepair #sbc #BGA #microsoldering #soldering #electronics #repair

  15. Got a Pi 4B with a torn CPU the other day. Removed the lead free solder residue and discovered that a few pads were torn. One of them is important, so had to repair it with 0.02mm wire. I still can't believe it, but it works 🎉.

    #RaspberryPi #electronicsrepair #sbc #BGA #microsoldering #soldering #electronics #repair

  16. Hey-hi-hello there, Orange Pi 5 Max 😊.

    It had a blown PMIC (RK806-1), as you can see on the pics.

    Cool fact - anyone can easily buy those chips.

    Not cool fact - those Oranges are sucking the heat badly.

    So I had to put it on the preheater to replace the chip, because hot air alone either won't provide enough heat or would burn the board.

    But it's all good in the end - one more fix ✅.

    #orangepi #orangepi5max #orangepi5 #electronics #sbc #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering

  17. Hey-hi-hello there, Orange Pi 5 Max 😊.

    It had a blown PMIC (RK806-1), as you can see on the pics.

    Cool fact - anyone can easily buy those chips.

    Not cool fact - those Oranges are sucking the heat badly.

    So I had to put it on the preheater to replace the chip, because hot air alone either won't provide enough heat or would burn the board.

    But it's all good in the end - one more fix ✅.

    #orangepi #orangepi5max #orangepi5 #electronics #sbc #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering

  18. Hey-hi-hello there, Orange Pi 5 Max 😊.

    It had a blown PMIC (RK806-1), as you can see on the pics.

    Cool fact - anyone can easily buy those chips.

    Not cool fact - those Oranges are sucking the heat badly.

    So I had to put it on the preheater to replace the chip, because hot air alone either won't provide enough heat or would burn the board.

    But it's all good in the end - one more fix ✅.

    #orangepi #orangepi5max #orangepi5 #electronics #sbc #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering

  19. Hey-hi-hello there, Orange Pi 5 Max 😊.

    It had a blown PMIC (RK806-1), as you can see on the pics.

    Cool fact - anyone can easily buy those chips.

    Not cool fact - those Oranges are sucking the heat badly.

    So I had to put it on the preheater to replace the chip, because hot air alone either won't provide enough heat or would burn the board.

    But it's all good in the end - one more fix ✅.

    #orangepi #orangepi5max #orangepi5 #electronics #sbc #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering

  20. Hey-hi-hello there, Orange Pi 5 Max 😊.

    It had a blown PMIC (RK806-1), as you can see on the pics.

    Cool fact - anyone can easily buy those chips.

    Not cool fact - those Oranges are sucking the heat badly.

    So I had to put it on the preheater to replace the chip, because hot air alone either won't provide enough heat or would burn the board.

    But it's all good in the end - one more fix ✅.

    #orangepi #orangepi5max #orangepi5 #electronics #sbc #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering

  21. One more. This Pi got so hot it left melt marks on the enclosure 🤯. Eventually CPU died.

    It was one with MXL7704-P4 PMIC so that CPU I tried to install earlier worked perfectly fine.

    So indeed it seems like different CPU chips are meant to work with different PMICs.

    P.S.: It amazes me how these days reballing and replacing a CPU feels like a quick and easy job - something that was unthinkable just a few months ago 🙆‍♂️.

    #electronics #repair #raspberrypi #electronicsrepair #microsoldering

  22. One more. This Pi got so hot it left melt marks on the enclosure 🤯. Eventually CPU died.

    It was one with MXL7704-P4 PMIC so that CPU I tried to install earlier worked perfectly fine.

    So indeed it seems like different CPU chips are meant to work with different PMICs.

    P.S.: It amazes me how these days reballing and replacing a CPU feels like a quick and easy job - something that was unthinkable just a few months ago 🙆‍♂️.

    #electronics #repair #raspberrypi #electronicsrepair #microsoldering

  23. One more. This Pi got so hot it left melt marks on the enclosure 🤯. Eventually CPU died.

    It was one with MXL7704-P4 PMIC so that CPU I tried to install earlier worked perfectly fine.

    So indeed it seems like different CPU chips are meant to work with different PMICs.

    P.S.: It amazes me how these days reballing and replacing a CPU feels like a quick and easy job - something that was unthinkable just a few months ago 🙆‍♂️.

    #electronics #repair #raspberrypi #electronicsrepair #microsoldering

  24. One more. This Pi got so hot it left melt marks on the enclosure 🤯. Eventually CPU died.

    It was one with MXL7704-P4 PMIC so that CPU I tried to install earlier worked perfectly fine.

    So indeed it seems like different CPU chips are meant to work with different PMICs.

    P.S.: It amazes me how these days reballing and replacing a CPU feels like a quick and easy job - something that was unthinkable just a few months ago 🙆‍♂️.

    #electronics #repair #raspberrypi #electronicsrepair #microsoldering

  25. One more. This Pi got so hot it left melt marks on the enclosure 🤯. Eventually CPU died.

    It was one with MXL7704-P4 PMIC so that CPU I tried to install earlier worked perfectly fine.

    So indeed it seems like different CPU chips are meant to work with different PMICs.

    P.S.: It amazes me how these days reballing and replacing a CPU feels like a quick and easy job - something that was unthinkable just a few months ago 🙆‍♂️.

    #electronics #repair #raspberrypi #electronicsrepair #microsoldering

  26. Guess what - found a CM4 with a dead CPU as well. Same exact chip version again. Replaced it with a seemingly good one from another donor, but don’t currently have a carrier board to test if it really works. Ordered one, but will receive it in a few weeks🤞🏻. 
#raspberrypi #CM4 #RaspberryPiCM4 #repair #electronics #bga #electronicsrepair #microsoldering

  27. Guess what - found a CM4 with a dead CPU as well. Same exact chip version again. Replaced it with a seemingly good one from another donor, but don’t currently have a carrier board to test if it really works. Ordered one, but will receive it in a few weeks🤞🏻. 
#raspberrypi #CM4 #RaspberryPiCM4 #repair #electronics #bga #electronicsrepair #microsoldering

  28. Guess what - found a CM4 with a dead CPU as well. Same exact chip version again. Replaced it with a seemingly good one from another donor, but don’t currently have a carrier board to test if it really works. Ordered one, but will receive it in a few weeks🤞🏻. 
#raspberrypi #CM4 #RaspberryPiCM4 #repair #electronics #bga #electronicsrepair #microsoldering

  29. Guess what - found a CM4 with a dead CPU as well. Same exact chip version again. Replaced it with a seemingly good one from another donor, but don’t currently have a carrier board to test if it really works. Ordered one, but will receive it in a few weeks🤞🏻. 
#raspberrypi #CM4 #RaspberryPiCM4 #repair #electronics #bga #electronicsrepair #microsoldering

  30. Guess what - found a CM4 with a dead CPU as well. Same exact chip version again. Replaced it with a seemingly good one from another donor, but don’t currently have a carrier board to test if it really works. Ordered one, but will receive it in a few weeks🤞🏻. 
#raspberrypi #CM4 #RaspberryPiCM4 #repair #electronics #bga #electronicsrepair #microsoldering

  31. Another one arrived a few days ago - this one had a missing memory resistor and a burned RAM chip in addition to the burned DA9091 PMIC.

    Sadly even after swapping RAM and DA9091 from a healthy board it didn't come back to life either no matter what I tried. Maybe the CPU got damaged alongside the RAM when it was pressed or hit with something.

    #repair #raspberrypi #raspberrypi5 #electronics #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering

  32. Another one arrived a few days ago - this one had a missing memory resistor and a burned RAM chip in addition to the burned DA9091 PMIC.

    Sadly even after swapping RAM and DA9091 from a healthy board it didn't come back to life either no matter what I tried. Maybe the CPU got damaged alongside the RAM when it was pressed or hit with something.

    #repair #raspberrypi #raspberrypi5 #electronics #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering

  33. Another one arrived a few days ago - this one had a missing memory resistor and a burned RAM chip in addition to the burned DA9091 PMIC.

    Sadly even after swapping RAM and DA9091 from a healthy board it didn't come back to life either no matter what I tried. Maybe the CPU got damaged alongside the RAM when it was pressed or hit with something.

    #repair #raspberrypi #raspberrypi5 #electronics #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering

  34. Another one arrived a few days ago - this one had a missing memory resistor and a burned RAM chip in addition to the burned DA9091 PMIC.

    Sadly even after swapping RAM and DA9091 from a healthy board it didn't come back to life either no matter what I tried. Maybe the CPU got damaged alongside the RAM when it was pressed or hit with something.

    #repair #raspberrypi #raspberrypi5 #electronics #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering

  35. Another one arrived a few days ago - this one had a missing memory resistor and a burned RAM chip in addition to the burned DA9091 PMIC.

    Sadly even after swapping RAM and DA9091 from a healthy board it didn't come back to life either no matter what I tried. Maybe the CPU got damaged alongside the RAM when it was pressed or hit with something.

    #repair #raspberrypi #raspberrypi5 #electronics #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering

  36. I wonder how do some manage to damage their Pis so much 🤔.

    But I confused and actually all of this surgery DID help - one more saved Pi 🙌🏻.

    #repair #raspberrypi #raspberrypi5 #electronics #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering

  37. I wonder how do some manage to damage their Pis so much 🤔.

    But I confused and actually all of this surgery DID help - one more saved Pi 🙌🏻.

    #repair #raspberrypi #raspberrypi5 #electronics #electronicsrepair #soldering #microsoldering