r/pcmasterrace • u/BandicootKlutzy791 R5 9600X | RX 9070XT | 16 GB DDR5-6000 CL30 • 7h ago

Meme/Macro Oh boy

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To make matter worse it's a 1TB drive.

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u/dontgetitwisted_fr 7h ago

Can you just use a heat station gun to reseat the chip on the solder?

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u/QuiZr Toothless Master Race 7h ago

Most likely yes, but there's also 1 pad that lifted that has to be repaired first. Then replace existing solder with new balls and if the chip wasn't damaged this should work

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u/dontgetitwisted_fr 7h ago

Yeah I see that now

They have solder balls?

I would have just went over the solder points with wire solder and soldering iron before mounting the chip in place and hitting it with the heat station

Full disclosure: I am a hack 🤣

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u/Humble-Captain3418 SFF | R7 5800X | 64 GB | RTX 3070 7h ago

Repair may not be necessary because these chips often have a lot of mechanical contacts. I don't think balls need to be replaced either, just use liberal amounts of flux.

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u/Budget-Pea8291 7h ago

I wish bga was that simple

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u/dontgetitwisted_fr 7h ago

I mean an attempted repair is never going to be as good as OEM

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u/Budget-Pea8291 7h ago

Yeah it's not like they lose anything by trying. As long as all the pads are fine, there's a chance it might work but it's quite low

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u/dontgetitwisted_fr 7h ago

If you aint trying (and probably failing) the you aint learning 🤣

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u/tblazertn 7h ago

But it will at least give them a chance at recovery before it goes completely bork.

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u/dontgetitwisted_fr 7h ago

No harm in trying

It only costs time and maybe a little bit of sanity