Dell w2600

[epicelite]

Why can I ever get one that's an easy fix?

Anyway I hear this has a common problem with the BGA so I wanna try to reflow the board in my oven.

I wouldn't even be posting but it has a lot of caps on it, do you think they would survive the heat in the oven for a short time?

How do I even identify the BGA? I can't find a manual.

[999999999]

Re: Dell w2600

BGA is just a type of chip, not which one it is specifically. Probably northbridge and/or GPU chip. Look up the cap datasheets, they should specify a temperature and # seconds. Don't exceed that. If any are electrolytic, no I don't think they will survive high enough/long enough temperature to reflow a BGA chip.

What you really need is a hot air station not an oven to work on a populated mainboard... BUT, I have also heard of others reviving a board in the oven so good luck!

[epicelite]

Re: Dell w2600

Do you think an ol' cheap heatgun would work or do I really need a fancy hot air station?

[tom66]

Re: Dell w2600

This seems to be quite common with some users on this forum. The thing is, unlike the Xbox 360 and PS3, the main chips on these don't get that hot. They might have a small heatsink on them but that's all. And reflowing in the oven only fixes them maybe 40-50% of the time, but good luck.

The caps will survive a high temperature temporarily, it will usually be specified in the datasheet (for wave soldering.)