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Re: (ET) E-15 not getting out of first speed



Yeah, not the greatest idea. You can use a good soldering iron to re-melt the connections, I have a full rig here for SMD work and I would still use a traditional iron on these components.

C


On 5/23/2017 9:44 AM, David Tiefenbrunn wrote:




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... So I instead put the video card in an old toaster oven and heated it up to about 385 F (after removing heat sinks) to remelt the solder. ......


I would NOT try that. The pcb and parts were never designed for that process. Surface mount didn't exist when electric traCS were being made.

Dave


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