Is the any affodable tool to Soldering the Northbridge
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Re: Soldering Northbridge
It's tricky, but there are hot-air desoldering and reflow tools that are used to desolder/solder BGA packages. You also need the right stencils to apply solder paste on the solder pads on the PCB.
The main issue is not soldering/desoldering, but functional testing to ensure that it is correctly soldered. The manufacturer has board-level ATE testers to check for complete functionality using a JTAG or boundary-scan test. Anything that fails is scrapped or sent for rework, depending on the fault. That kind of capability would be well out of reach of a small repair outfit - the entry costs are upwards of $1M.
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