On Jun 29, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Jason Brown wrote: > I was reading about that on slashdot. We have a constant stream of GX270s > that I have to replace the caps on. It is a lot cheaper than buying new > boards. A suggestion that I have that seems to work well. When soldering new > caps on, also have a desoldering iron on hand. After you have soldered the > new caps, trim the leads and then follow along each lead with the > de-soldering iron. DONT squeeze the bulb, just heat up and melt the solder > and move to the next. I have found that this will spread the solder better > than just heating it alone and it takes the solder that is excess from the > other leads and moves it to the leads that need more. I have gotten a perfect > solder job every time on over 100 boards so far with this method.
I've successfully used that trick on a lot of Macs. But for some reason it doesn't work very well on iMacs and eMacs that were made using lead-free, high-temp solder, despite what type of solder is used in the re-cap procedure. -- Jim Scott -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
