Building A Rework Station

[HaGGardSmurf]

Hey guy's I want to build a rework station.

I'm thinking of doing something like this:


So I'll have a duct route the air from my heatgun to the gpu, and I'll go buy a IR thermometer.

What I'm wondering is what I should do for the bottom of the board, should it be heated? IE: Buy an electric griddle.

Do you guys know of any detailed tutorials explaining how to reball the GPU? I know how to remove and clean the GPU, but dont know what solder to use and how to reapply the solder.

[southbound]

Watch this guys videos, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D8ZX1BF7c0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And when you get this sorted you have to make a tutorial, I would like to make one

southbound

[CoFree]

that is a damn good video
but
man
i just dont see why someone would put that much time in a console as cheap as they are now.

[HaGGardSmurf]

Thanks for the video, I'll be checking that out. I'll make sure I make a video if I am able to get all setup

Damn man, I watched a min or two already and this video is amazing, very detailed. Looks like he's got 7 parts, I'll be definitely checking all them out, after I finish downloading my movies

Thanks alot for the link.

that is a damn good video
but
man
i just dont see why someone would put that much time in a console as cheap as they are now.

I'm doing it purely for the money made on repairs. Most of my xclamps or reflows have failed after a while, and I know loads of people who would much rather spend 30-40 dollars on a reball rather than a cheap xclamp or reflow or even buying a new console. Hell there is a guy in town charging 45 bucks for a reball, I know a couple people who have been seriously considering.

[CoFree]

that is my point if you only get 45usd for doing a re-ball
it is a long possess and at best after you can work non stop
i think at best you will end up around 12USD a hour
when you take the start up cost and the fail rate (i give it 30% fail rate maybe more)
even on re-ball the numbers just dont add up.

dont get me wrong
i dig the idea and
as ive never started doing re-balls
for sure keep us in the loop as to how it goes.

[HaGGardSmurf]

It looks to me like a reball will only take an hour and a half, maybe two for the first little while. I enjoy tinkering and doing things like this so I dont mind it. (The guy in the video did it in like 40 min's)

Ive seen a couple video's of lifting the GPU with just a heatgun, I have a couple boxes that I could care less about, I think I'll use them for practise.

I'll need to go on ebay and buy all the parts today.

I'll keep you guys updates

[Retrovertigo]

Hey man how are things going with your reballing?

Thanks to southbound for posting that video. I wish I lived in the U.S as that guy would be getting my business. I haven't found anyone on the U.K who seems to be doing reballing. Most say reballing but are cheating and just doing a reflow.

I'd love to get my trusty machine reballed. And it is a shame that guy in the video didn't show what else he does to the machines to "make them last forever".

If anyone knows someone in the U.K doing this service - leave a message?

Cheers

[HaGGardSmurf]

I'm somewhat at a stand still, ive been trying to find out what types of flux's I'll need, and the cost of it.

I'm debating if its worth spending a couple hundred bucks, for a half assed setup. Ive bought a higher end IR thermometer capable of measuring the temps needed to melt the solder, and I'll be going griddle hunting in the next couple days.

I will probably build a 'professional' reflow station before I get started on the reball.