820-00281 qb400 is welded to the pads

kjchatman

Member
this board suffered from water damage and qb400 is burned and needs to be replaced but seems almost impossible to removed it without damaging the contacts on the board. is there a technique to lessen the damage?
 

2informaticos

Administrator
Staff member
Sometime metal part of component melt with the copper trace of the board.
In this case is impossible to remove just the burnt component; part of board trace will come out too.

I hope is not your case.
Use a preheater, like Mlink 853A, which helps a lot to remove components, applying less hot air on top.
 

kjchatman

Member
i have removed qb400 and all of the pads lifted with it. Is there a way to use this board without using all four usb controllers?
 
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