Good way to get SMC's?

[bjf]

I don't have the time or will to buy boards from China and pull and reball the SMC's so I'm trying to find a good path for reballed SMC's. I have a growing stack of boards that all need SMC's - mostly 2015 Airs and 2015 13" Retinas. Does anyone have a good method for buying them?

 

[dukefawks]

There is none, pull and reball.

 

[nate8organic]

duke is right there is no other way to get smc from the right board model. and even if you could its not going to be much cheaper than buying a whole donor board to use. if your know how is there you can pull and replace without reball most of the time. i don't even own a stencil for smc. if time is really of a concern have an employee pull and prep the smc's for you in bulk, its really not that time consuming 30-60 min max for a smc replacement @ $300 + board/repair...

 

[bjf]

thanks, that settles the debate. any tips on pulling without having to reball? that sounds much more appealing.

 

[dukefawks]

Come on do it properly, recalling these with 0.35mm balls is <10 minutes work.