good soldering iron for fixing motherboard?

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bigtiger · #1 Post by **bigtiger** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:10 pm

Any Engineer there?

I am looking for a soldering iron for fixing motherboard. I think I need a fine tip for this purpose. Is there any other requirement for this purpose?

#2 Post by **rkawakami** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:32 pm

Depending upon what you intend to do, you probably need something like a variable-control soldering station such as a Weller or Hakko. Equipped with a very fine tip (and good eyes) you can at least repair some of the components (chip resistors, capacitors, some of the smaller ICs). These types of soldering stations usually run around $100. Not cheap, but they are very effective when dealing with small surface mount parts. If you are considering working on any IC that has more than 8 or 10 leads, then you'll need something more specialized (and expensive); a hot-air reflow soldering station.

sugo · #3 Post by **sugo** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:20 am

After reading this thread, in my apartment I found the solder gun with temperature control that I brought over a long time ago. It never got a chance to be used as I switched major from EE to CS

#4 Post by **gator** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:35 am

sugo, is that a Hattori Hanzo?

sugo · #5 Post by **sugo** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:43 am

gator wrote:sugo, is that a Hattori Hanso?

huh

bigtiger · #6 Post by **bigtiger** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:07 am

Hey, rkawakami, thank you very much. I am glad I asked.

I plan to fix some broken leads of small chips. So I guess a Weller or Hakko will do. This is totally a hobby. Sometime, my friends will bring over some motherboard with burned chips---most often a few broken leads. It is a waste to just dump them.

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Gator, how do you know Hattori Hanso? I just searched wikipedia about this item. Nice article. Nice to know some history.

#7 Post by **gator** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:09 pm

bigtiger wrote: Gator, how do you know Hattori Hanso? I just searched wikipedia about this item. Nice article. Nice to know some history.

sugo wrote: huh

I take it both of you have not watched Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill 1 and 2!

#8 Post by **rkawakami** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:27 pm

bigtiger wrote:Hey, rkawakami, thank you very much. I am glad I asked.

No problem. And, "yes" I are an engineer!

(Old joke that engineers don't have any english skills...)

bigtiger · #9 Post by **bigtiger** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:18 pm

rkawakami wrote:(Old joke that engineers don't have any english skills...)

Nice One!

good soldering iron for fixing motherboard?

good soldering iron for fixing motherboard?

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