Nick wrote:Problem with that, is if only a small section of the array is molten, the other balls that are still solid would prevent the device from flowing and remaking the contacts. You need all the array to be molten to allow the device to centre itself on the grid.
Yeah, thats what I aiming for Nick as I played the flame around the whole chip mount but not directly at the GPU chip itself. But it didn't work, meh! The natty heat deflector seemed to do its job OK too so I had high hopes but nah, no joy on this one. Looking around at prices the mobo is too expensive to warrant splashing out too much on a 5 y/o 2nd laptop I think.
Laurence wrote:
Any equipment which sufferes this problem is badly designed and no matter how many times you fix it you will never put it right once and for all. So you need better designed equipment.
Yep, I think you're right Laurence. I'm not alone, there's many who've suffered the same problems too. I voluntarily took this on a project when I was given this old laptop from my daughter who'd hammered it throughout her days at Uni working on Digital Animations. It's done its job, looks like it'll be off to the retirement home soon.
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