Robin Hoods Playground

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.

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

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.

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.

CoFree wrote: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.

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.

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

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

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.