[kwlug-disc] Where to fix an Acer A500 tablet?

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:07 PM,  <jvj at golden.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Dec 2014 16:22:48 -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>
>> The only issue with this tablet is "media/data errors", so that points
>> to the flash memory with high certainty. Reflowing that chip only is
>> worth the effort though.
>
>
> If you have identified one suspect component, both physically and through
> its behaviour, then using a hot air solder pencil may be advisable of the
> use of a heat gun or, worse, an oven. The hot air solder pencil has a much
> narrower focus allowing the hot air to be directed to a smaller area like
> that around a single component.
>
> I do not know whether Kwartzlab has one you or someone else can help you
> with but it is worth a shout-out to them.
>
> Google: solder air pencil : turned up a few hits including at least one You
> Tube video.

There is also this method in the first video ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Coozv2DdE

But more seriously ...

What I am going to do, is protect the other motherboard components
using aluminium foil, like so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E34y9l49Zc
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