Apple Ibook Repairs/ Inspection Scope
I want to mention to all the loyal customers of my Apple ibook video repair service, (and potential new ones) that I have just purchased a high powered BGA inspection scope. This new scope will allow me to view beneath the BGA device to identify the condition of the BGA solder joints when it arrives from the customer, as well as the how the same solder joints look after we reflow the device. Check back here soon for images that will shed some light on this very common manufacturing defect.
By the way, I was reviewing some of the Apple forums regarding this issue. It was interesting to see what some people are doing to repair this problem. In one article a guy used candles and some flammable liquid (I cant recall what it was). There were pictures of the motherboard with huge flames coming off of it! Pretty wild what some of these hardware hacks will do to get their hardware working. When I see this stuff I wonder if its the cost of a new PC or just the thrill of performing surgery on your own hardware to save its life!! Either way , we appreciate the business. By the way, send me your motherboard before you try to light it on fire, not after. Please don't try the heat gun or propane torch then call us, it often does irreversible damage.
Best
Tom McCarthy
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