2) hot air rework station (plus hot tweezers work great for this)
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3) Amtech or clone flux
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3) Amtech or Clone flux
4) Solder wire
I like to use AMTECH VS-213-A-TF Flux and 60% Tin, 40% Lead solder.
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and then you need lots of practice. No matter how many YouTube videos you watch or guides you read [[Topic:Soldering|Soldering Skills - iFixit|new_window=true]] none of it will be a substitute for practice. You do not want to practice on the board you want to fix. Get yourself a couple of scrap board with SMD components and practice on those. You have to comfortable and competent to accomplish this. [link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DiBFgNYPpk|A1286 820 2850 Kernel Panic Repair - YouTube|new_window=true] and [link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzcgT_fiVTA|Macbook Pro 2010 kernel panic GPU issue repair: SOLVED! C9560 - YouTube|new_window=true]
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and then you need lots of practice. No matter how many YouTube videos you watch or guides you read [[Topic:Soldering|Soldering Skills - iFixit|new_window=true]] none of it will be a substitute for practice. You do not want to practice on the board you want to fix. Get yourself a couple of scrap board with SMD components and practice on those. You have to comfortable and competent to accomplish this. [link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DiBFgNYPpk|A1286 820 2850 Kernel Panic Repair - YouTube] and [link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzcgT_fiVTA|Macbook Pro 2010 kernel panic GPU issue repair: SOLVED! C9560 - YouTube]
Yes, a magnifying source will be great for this as well but that does not necessarily require a microscope. ;-)
@reiseninaba you would at minimum need
1) fine tipped tweezers
2) hot air rework station (plus hot tweezers work great for this)
3) Amtech or clone flux
4) Solder wire
I like to use AMTECH VS-213-A-TF Flux and 60% Tin, 40% Lead solder.
and then you need lots of practice. No matter how many YouTube videos you watch or guides you read [[Topic:Soldering|Soldering Skills - iFixit|new_window=true]] none of it will be a substitute for practice. You do not want to practice on the board you want to fix. Get yourself a couple of scrap board with SMD components and practice on those. You have to comfortable and competent to accomplish this. [link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DiBFgNYPpk|A1286 820 2850 Kernel Panic Repair - YouTube|new_window=true] and [link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzcgT_fiVTA|Macbook Pro 2010 kernel panic GPU issue repair: SOLVED! C9560 - YouTube|new_window=true]
Yes, a magnifying source will be great for this as well but that does not necessarily require a microscope. ;-)