Re: MSI MS-6337 Lite

I liked the Hakko. The 936-12 comes with the 907 medium iron and the 900M-T-1.6D tip. I felt the tip was small enough to fit on the solder points of the caps without endangering the surrounding leads, especially when soldering the caps to the board, while still being big enough to kept it's temperature. I don't think I would want a bigger tip. I worked at 450°F for a while before turning it all the way up to 480°F which seemed to work better. Most leads were loose within two seconds. Some connected to the larger traces took 3-4 seconds. The biggest problem...

Re: MSI MS-6337 Lite

Got my first board done and it posted just fine! It took about an hour and a half, 20 minutes to remove the caps, 45 minutes to clear the holes, 15 minutes to solder the caps. Hopefully the rest will go faster. I'll probably get a real circuit board holder which should help speed things up, trying to support the board in a drawer and apply the iron to one side and the de-solder bulb on the other was quite a balancing act. I used a de-solder bulb to clear most of the holes and the needle/pick method for the ones the bulb couldn't clear, especially the positive...

Re: MSI MS-6337 Lite

Thanks for all the advice! I have a Hakko 936 with the 907 ESD iron on order. I'm going with Panasonic FM 1000uF 6.3v and Nichicon PW 1500uF 10v caps. I'll post before and after pics when I'm done with my first board. Wish me luck!

Re: MSI MS-6337 Lite

Thanks for the tips! After reading the FAQ again, my biggest question is which soldering iron to get. I'm looking at two. The first is a Weller WP35 which while only 35 watts gets up to 850°F. It comes with a screwdriver tip. The second is a Xytronics 200PHG60-XYTR it is 60 watts and gets up to 970°F, however it has a conical tip. Both of them are grounded. Has anyone had experience with either one?

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I am very happy I found this forum! I am at a site with 100+ systems that are using the MSI MS-6337 Lite 815EP PRO VER:3 motherboards, some of which are freezing. The tech that was here before me had replaced many motherboards under warrenty, then started paying $75 bucks a board to have them replaced. (I now see that the replacement boards were never recapped, just replaced with another new board with the same bad caps) When I got here I replaced 5 motherboards in 3 months at the increased price of $85 a board, so I started to search for a reason these boards were going...