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<blockquote data-quote="Hixxy1" data-source="post: 819299" data-attributes="member: 389960">Reworking/reballing gpus and bga chips is a good art. Won't go into it, but it's a steep learning curve and buying the correct pc controlled equipment makes a really big difference. Stay away from the cheap Chinese crap. Plenty of patience is a must.Edit:I'll get a bit into it. Had a go on a few dedicated Nvidia gpus. Each board and solder type makes a big difference. Don't heat it up enough and the solder wont reflow back onto the correct places. Meaning when you play a video game and the gpu gets hot and things start to flex then the solder conncections break and can sometimes rip the track up from the board. If you apply too much heat all the solder goes like water and the entire lot goes splat lol. Then it really is a rework pull the chip off job. There's been a few times where someone's brought some equipment to me as well where the original repairers haven't used a jig the the board doesn't flex. That makes a huge difference. If you'd like some heat putting onto your card VS, I can have a go as we've got some nice ir gear. It helps when you can input the chip size, board thickness solder type, etc into the programme and it sets everything up for you.Hixxy</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hixxy1, post: 819299, member: 389960"] Reworking/reballing gpus and bga chips is a good art. Won't go into it, but it's a steep learning curve and buying the correct pc controlled equipment makes a really big difference. Stay away from the cheap Chinese crap. Plenty of patience is a must. Edit: I'll get a bit into it. Had a go on a few dedicated Nvidia gpus. Each board and solder type makes a big difference. Don't heat it up enough and the solder wont reflow back onto the correct places. Meaning when you play a video game and the gpu gets hot and things start to flex then the solder conncections break and can sometimes rip the track up from the board. If you apply too much heat all the solder goes like water and the entire lot goes splat lol. Then it really is a rework pull the chip off job. There's been a few times where someone's brought some equipment to me as well where the original repairers haven't used a jig the the board doesn't flex. That makes a huge difference. If you'd like some heat putting onto your card VS, I can have a go as we've got some nice ir gear. It helps when you can input the chip size, board thickness solder type, etc into the programme and it sets everything up for you. Hixxy [/QUOTE]

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