Trashed my xtpe

[Thickbrit]

In preparation for my new ramsinks which i ordered from phil,i thought i'd remove my ghetto-style ones,only they were a bit stuck,so i thought i'd warm em up.This was not a bright idea,cos instead of loosening the arctic-adhesive/as5,50/50 mix,it softened the solder under the bga and next thing i know,ramsink and ramchip are in my hand still stuck together.Ripped the little bugger right off,and thats a bit beyond even my soldering skills.Still,a lesson was learnt.

 

[HARRY]

dood you are seriously unlucky

 

[standin wave]

thickbrit, sorry to hear your news - solder doesnt melt til around 160°C, so what were you using? Hot-air gun? Blow lamp?

sw

 

[Animal]

Ouch man that is seriously bad news..

wat were u using to heat them up..?

 

[Thickbrit]

1.75v and looping 3dmark was all i used to warm it up,it didn't melt the solder,but i'm sure it softened it.It don't hurt too much when you know why,i was just dumb,but the max3 thing was messing with my head.

 

[Cashman]

does the BGA simply slot back in? Possible to RMA thAt suckah and they not notice?

 

[Phil Stanbridge]

No it will be fubared mate, I did it myself just by hand, you know what my fists are like mate, I'm a club-handed MF.

 

[tc_overclocker]

You may be able to reattach it if you're lucky. If the solder points are still availalbe on either the ram chip or the board you might be in luck. All you'll need to do is line it up the right way, place it back on and heat it up using a heatgun or the such.... this might just make it fall back into place, if it reattaches but still get screwed graphics, might make it a little easier to RMA

 

[fatty]

Sorry to hear mate are you sure there is no way of re attatchin the ram if you havent damaged the mem chip may be able to re solder it if you are not able to do it send it my way I'll have a go at it for ya

 

[Thickbrit]

It's no biggie guys,gonna try to get a new card for now and see if i can't construct an rma-able card from my selection of dead 1's,but that was my clumsy mistake and not fair to pass the buck to a retailer.I have 1 that died with no apparent signs of damage and deserves to be rma'd.I have lots of dead mobo's and gfx if anyone ever needs small components to salvage dead hardware or perform mods,just drop me a p.m.

 

[pobolycwm]

clumsy oaf springs to mind (just gettin u back from when i cracked my core)

c u later