As I had said, I was able to do so with just a cheap, low wattage soldering iron. This obviously entails either knowing what the component is and being able to source it, or having a spare junk source for parts (as I did in the ThinkPad motherboard case).
Greg -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Peter Frederick Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 6:22 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chinese SDS and the 97 E300 Surface mount components aren't all that hard to replace if you have a hot air soldering station, but one must have the correct components, and these days that's very unlikely -- everything is a custom part and once the design run is finished, they stop making them. Peter _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
