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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 819326" data-attributes="member: 325666">Hi Hixxy ...About 12 months ago My friend and I went half shares in a very nice IR6000 reball/rework station..Very expensive (for us that is) ..but we have successfully replaced a Hanna chip on my own Xbox ...and reballed a couple of Xbox Gpus ...One was successful ..the other not so much..I have also used it to re-flow a GPU in a laptop...I would have prefered to reball as I dont trust re-flows....but had problems getting the neccessary template.We are very much still on a learning curve with this unit ...but found the best way to pre-ball the chip prior to refitting ...was a cheap £20 single plate hob bought off ebay ..It had limited temp control ..but once the chip was fluxed and the balls applied with a template...the chip could then be toasted for a short while on the hob ..until the solderballs liquified ..making it possible to clean ..flux again and place on the pcb before using the IR6000..Do you use a similar technique ?rgdsVS.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 819326, member: 325666"] Hi Hixxy ... About 12 months ago My friend and I went half shares in a very nice IR6000 reball/rework station.. Very expensive (for us that is) ..but we have successfully replaced a Hanna chip on my own Xbox ...and reballed a couple of Xbox Gpus ...One was successful ..the other not so much.. I have also used it to re-flow a GPU in a laptop... I would have prefered to reball as I dont trust re-flows....but had problems getting the neccessary template. We are very much still on a learning curve with this unit ...but found the best way to pre-ball the chip prior to refitting ...was a cheap £20 single plate hob bought off ebay .. It had limited temp control ..but once the chip was fluxed and the balls applied with a template...the chip could then be toasted for a short while on the hob ..until the solderballs liquified ..making it possible to clean ..flux again and place on the pcb before using the IR6000.. Do you use a similar technique ? rgds VS. [/QUOTE]

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