That's good information to know; thanks Willawake.

Hope you don't mind me piggy-backing my response in here - great tips, BTW.

How necessary is it to get solder into the hole? I've done a fair bit of soldering over the last twenty or so odd years, but it has all been on single (or at most, double) sided boards.

I'm concerned with the importance of ensuring solder flow into the inside traces, into the "meat" of the mainboard sandwich.

Should this be a big concern, or is a good solid joint on the external traces sufficient?

Howdy,

I bought some of these from digikey last month for recapping an MSI 6330. I am wondering now if they will be suitable for the job.

Thanks for any insight,

Jon

PS here is the datasheet for them:...