graphics card problem and reflowing did not work

[brik]

Hi all,

I have a thinkpad T41p which was suffering from the famous "BGA crack" of the graphics card, It was exhibiting all the symptoms (screen going black when I move the laptop, etc.). I tried to fix the problem by applying the technique presented on youtube (reflowing with a heat gun), unfortunately, the state of the motherboard is gone worst and now it does not even power on.

My question is: did some have an idea about the problem, the cause and whether it is reparable?

A second questions: could some one tell me the motherboard models that are compatible with my T41p? sometimes I find offers on ebay but not exactly for the same model, e.g., does a T41 or T40 motherboard fit to my T41p?

Thanks in advance.

Nas

[sktn77a]

Nice try! But it doesn't sound like there's much you can do to salvage the board now. Any T40/p, T41/p, T42/p motherboard should fit just fine. The T40 board will have a slower memory bus than the T41 or T42 but otherwise it will work fine.

Good Luck,