Re: Asus P4SD-LA ver 1.06
Ouch.
What are you using for video output? Onboard IGP or a separate AGP/PCI GPU?
Ah, okay, I can totally understand that. When I did the P4SD for those HP DC5000 mini-PCs, I started with a 35 Watt iron. That was just about good enough for doing all of the caps, except those next to the CPU (i.e. CPU Vcore). For that, I had to use my 70 Watt soldering station. The caps around the CPU have quite thick copper traces around them, so you really need a good iron and tip for that. Glad you were able to pull it all off. Not having the right equipment can make a job like this very tiring very quick.
Yes, that's about right for a socket 478 Prescott. IIRC, most of the HP DC5000 PCs I tested ran around 45-50C idle and up to 55-58C under heavy load. And this was with an all-copper CPU heatsink (no heat pipes though).
Yea, the tar dust can definitely mess with contacts and pins.
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