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stek replied

21 April 2010, 17:02
I've got a G4 iBook with the famous GPU BGA solder split - I might try this method!
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suityou01 replied

21 April 2010, 15:17
Originally posted by administrator View Post

Result! Nice one

Awwww, fanks
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administrator replied

21 April 2010, 13:53
Result! Nice one
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suityou01 replied

21 April 2010, 12:54
Originally posted by al_cam View Post

And what temperature and for how long?

190C 7.5 mins.
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al_cam replied

21 April 2010, 12:48
Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

What's the recipe for oven baked laptop?

And what temperature and for how long?
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suityou01 replied

20 April 2010, 20:26
Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post

You cheap mug.

Your supposed to be a contractor. Go to PC World and buy a new one. Pay top dollar and give the toilet attendant an extra £50 for his trouble!

I am learning. It's the "trainset factor" you know
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MarillionFan replied

20 April 2010, 20:19
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

It's alive

You cheap mug.

Your supposed to be a contractor. Go to PC World and buy a new one. Pay top dollar and give the toilet attendant an extra £50 for his trouble!
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suityou01 replied

20 April 2010, 20:17
It's alive
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suityou01 replied

20 April 2010, 20:13
Laptop back together.

It boots

Installing windows.

Been here before. Install windows but it won't boot off the installation.

We shall see.
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TimberWolf replied

20 April 2010, 20:11
What's the recipe for oven baked laptop?
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Scary replied

20 April 2010, 20:01
Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post

NL. Fck off!

FYI. No mate of mine would be cheap enough to buy a second hand laptop of Ebay! My mates are the ones who sell crap and nicked stuff to mugs like Suityou!

Mug!

They didn't happen to sell a nicked bricked iPhone 4 to Gizmodo did they?
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Scary replied

20 April 2010, 20:00
Where have I seen something like that recently?

http://forums.contractoruk.com/techn...ny-gamers.html
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alreadypacked replied

20 April 2010, 19:37
Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post

NL. Fck off!

FYI. No mate of mine would be cheap enough to buy a second hand laptop of Ebay!
My mates are the ones who sell crap and nicked stuff to mugs like Suityou!

Mug!

Nice
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shaunbhoy replied

20 April 2010, 19:36
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

Got a laptop from ebay and thought it was just the HDD at fault. Not so. Very unstable, sometimes recognises the HDD, sometimes does not.

I was speaking with a laptop technician in the pub last night and he reckons you need to bake the motherboard in the oven to "refloat" the solder joints.

Thought about putting this in technical, but then thought it may be a laugh to put it in here.

Updates later. Anyone been bonkers enough to try this?

Have you tried jabbing it with a lucky rabbits' paw? Worked for my mate!
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MarillionFan replied

20 April 2010, 19:32
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

Waiting patiently for MF to come along with a tale about his mate doing this and.... etc etc...

NL. Fck off!

FYI. No mate of mine would be cheap enough to buy a second hand laptop of Ebay! My mates are the ones who sell crap and nicked stuff to mugs like Suityou!

Mug!
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