Takes a lot of force to rip a connector out of a solder pool that deep. Gerald
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Tony DiCola <t...@tonydicola.com> wrote: > Sorry the google groups interface is kind of confusing and I guess this > never got posted, but here are some pics of the bad joints for my micro SD > card reader if anyone is curious. > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fUCML388adE/UvlzzmhUciI/AAAAAAAAADY/CkH3IgvnZGo/s1600/IMG_2531.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yhoqWEgYKgQ/Uvlz5NXB7XI/AAAAAAAAADg/grPyWmPkJsc/s1600/IMG_2533.jpg> > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--G9R5zBxG1s/Uvlz9uXqF0I/AAAAAAAAADo/KNhhBrNagFI/s1600/IMG_2534.jpg> > > > > I've since been able to fix the reader by touching it up very carefully > with a soldering iron. Now I can boot off an SD card without problems > (before it refused to boot from the SD card reader). It's a bummer to have > to do this fix to brand new hardware though, and will definitely ruin > someone's day if they don't have the tools or knowledge to solder surface > mount connection. > > I think beaglebone folks probably want to look at the SD card reader > carefully on recently built boards. It looks like this is the 3rd instance > of the same issue, here are a few others: > - Issue > here<http://beagleboard.org/Community/Forums?place=msg%2Fbeagleboard%2FUBuACCD3OG4%2FEiJOZO__kxMJ> > - Issue > here<https://groups.google.com/forum/embed/?place=forum/beagleboard&showsearch=true&showpopout=true&showtabs=true&hideforumtitle=true&parenturl=http%3A%2F%2Fbeagleboard.org%2FCommunity%2FForums#!category-topic/beagleboard/beaglebone-black/hEGZMkfcNUY> > > Maybe there's a cold spot in the oven that reflows the boards? > > > On Thursday, February 6, 2014 2:47:53 PM UTC-8, Eric wrote: > >> The new ROHS compliant lead free solders generally have a rather dull >> finished appearance when compared to the 60/40 or 63/37 tin/lead >> solders used prior to ROHS. >> >> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:02 AM, <to...@tonydicola.com> wrote: >> > I was just trying to install Ubuntu from a microSD card on my recently >> > acquired BBB and unfortunately as I inserted the card the entire card >> reader >> > snapped off the board on its left side. The solder joints don't look >> so >> > great (they aren't very shiny at least) and it doesn't look like it was >> > attached very well. Anyone else run into similar problems? Can I try >> > touching the solder joints up to get it reattached or am I SOL? >> > >> > -Tony >> > >> > -- >> > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "BeagleBoard" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> > email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
