Recent content by IbeSial

Ok will do.

While attaching the fan to the edge of the board I over tightened the screw and the female hole side that is attached to the board snapped off. What would be the best way to reattach it to the board? I know superglue is frowned upon, so is there a epoxy that would work better? Should I solder it...

I have a 575DA it's similar and I have done the same (2 min @ 65C) on a iPhone 6 board and it went in with water damage and no power and came out working fine. Just follow the directions and give it a good alcohol bath and then I let blow dry with my air filter at room temp for a bit and then...

Thanks, I will try one of those.

So as a total beginner to using a hot air rework station to do micro soldering and the such, I am running into issues with what do do my work on. I have a simple Ikea table, composite wood covered with plastic vinyl. I do not want to work right on this surface because it may melt wile I am...

Thanks Duke!

I have been battling cancer on and off again for about 20 years and over that time have run into many instances where due to an imbalance in my minerals and electrolytes I sufferer from hand and leg cramping that keep me from using my hands at all. I thought I would share my experience and what...

I am looking at a Macbook Air A1466 and after close inspection it looks to me like the LP8550 has a few balls fused together. The Macbook still booted up using an external monitor. Can the LP8550 be bad while still being able to boot using an external monitor? Or is the chip actually good...

I think I just found my own answer 7 minutes into this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KzzlVkCOVg

I have been looking at diffrent things on to get from mouser.com when I am first starting out repaing motherboards. I know there are some things that Louis says you should just keep in stock like the LP8550 back light chip, should I also invest in a resistor kit or a capacitor kit? And if so...

You are right there is a plunger but no "stick." I found a good solution though. I found a few smaller suernges that I can use and so I split the Flux up into the smaller parts so that way I have more control over how much i am using.

ok I ended up just using the smaller plunger but it started to just ooze out the back and then i just used that to goop it onto the board with a Q-tip. This is my first time using flux that works and wow I love it. The solder just goes onto the pad!! What a concept!!

This is a total rookie question but I got a tube of the Amtech NC-559-V2-TF direct from the Rossmann Group and it came without a plunger. I have some smaller ones that I got from a medical tube but it does not fit. Does anyone know where I can get a lager one that I can use with the Amtech? Is...

So I have a good friend/mentor who runs a local mac repair shop he has tones older macs that he has been collecting over the years but it is all older stuff. I do have a few broken HP laptops that I could try out first and go from there. My friend gave me one board that he know works (it will...

I know that getting a logic board from e-bay and expecting to have it run again is not good idea, but I am getting into this for the first time and would it make sense to practice on a board that is a peace of shit from china than say the one that I may be able to salvage when my skills leave is...