Replacing NB/SB chipset

[StAndrew]

A good friend of mine attempted to watercool his Striker II Extreme and the block damaged his SB. I have a damaged Striker II Extreme with a bad NB. Anyway to remove/replace the chipset to make one good board?

[NEOAethyr]

It's possible but you'de need a heat gun.
I've never done such a thing though...

[[XC] moddolicous]

I'm sure its possible. Look at the process for reballing. It should be relatively similar since you need to take the southbridge (or northbridge) chip off each motherboard anyways.

[s0lid]

For for the equipment you'll be needing to swap large bga chip you'll buy new mobo or 2.
Basicly you'll need, top heater (for the chip), bottom heater (for the whole pc), several types of flux(removing the chip, cleaning the chip and reflowing the chip back), bga reballing equipment, equipment for thermal control (heaters if they're inaccurate or they're not equipped with thermostat). Not cheap stuff.

[Don_Dan]

I think it's possible, try to find a shop with reballing equipment. Maybe they'll do it for you for a few bucks.

[StAndrew]

Anyone hear have that equipment and willing to repair one of these for a price?

[CrazyNutz]

Good luck, as S0lid said you need access to the right equipment.

My ex-brother in law owns a SMT plant here, he used to let me come in and do things like this, however hes a big d-bag now and won't give me the time of day LOL

You might find a plant in you're area, but if their busy don't expect them to be interested in such a small project.

[StAndrew]

Good luck, as S0lid said you need access to the right equipment.

My ex-brother in law owns a SMT plant here, he used to let me come in and do things like this, however hes a big d-bag now and won't give me the time of day LOL

You might find a plant in you're area, but if their busy don't expect them to be interested in such a small project.

Thanks. I found a company on ebay that does it. $80 to fix each board ($160 total). Think its worth it for two Striker II Extremes? Not sure what these go for these days as the 775 procs are pretty much dinosaurs.

[[XC] moddolicous]

Thanks. I found a company on ebay that does it. $80 to fix each board ($160 total). Think its worth it for two Striker II Extremes? Not sure what these go for these days as the 775 procs are pretty much dinosaurs.

$160 to fix both? It might be worth it if you have the stuff to make a full system out of them. I think you will lose money if you pay to fix them then try to sell them.