Re: hardware texturing broken on Octane HELP

From: Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler (nicoya_at_ubb.ca)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:48:05 GMT

In article <c1igku$1hsurc$1@ID-124268.news.uni-berlin.de>,
 Andreas Backhaus <rootprompt@despammed.com> wrote:

: Khalid Schofield wrote:
:
: > yep I do :-)
: >
: > what is the common fault? I'll also try to find someone who can lend me a
: > tram module for an SE board to I can check.
:
: the pins of the RAMs desolder because of the heat - you just have to
: check the four TRAMs on each module for those desoldered pins. That's
: about it ;)

It should be noted that soldering surface-mount ICs is a bit easier than most
people assume.

The technique is not "use a very fine tipped soldering iron, microscope, and
steady hands of a surgeon", it's more like "get the soldering iron nice and hot
and wipe a small blob of solder across all the pins on one side". If the solder
is the right temperature it will cling only to the solder pads and IC leads, and
will not form bridges between the pins. If you do get some bridges, they're easy
enough to wipe away with the hot iron.

Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :) 

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