Re: hardware texturing broken on Octane HELP

From: Khalid Schofield (oums0246_at_crow.linux.ox.ac.uk)
Date: 02/25/04

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    Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:15:30 +0000
To: Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler <nicoya@ubb.ca>

    Thanks for the tip :-)

    I'm testing the hardware and going to re-install GL on my Octane. If it's
    stil dead the I'll grab my iron.

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    On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler wrote:

    > 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 :)
    >
    > --
    > Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler -- Master of Code-fu -- nicoya@ubb.ca
    > -- http://nicoya.feline.pp.se/ -- http://www.ubb.ca/ --
    >

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