Hey, I just got my first known stick of bh5 and I broke it. This stick of mushkin 3200 256 was purchased from Peen, a friend and XS member for 20 bucks. The damage happened when I was removing the heat spreader. The part (I have no idea what it is) was scraped off by the heat spreader when it came loose and was caught by the thermal tape. What luck..
What else to do but put it back on!
I think it goes here.
The tools In pictures
Its fixed i bet
yeah, im physchic or maybe just physcho!
I purchased this stuff at Fry's for this job and others.
maybe both.Originally posted by Peen
Its fixed i bet
this part is about the size of a coffee ground> I figured if I can see it I can fix it. This is a 3x lens on a 3x lens
Xtreme tweezers
Showing relative size, this part fits nicely in the Presidents eye
After about five cups of coffee and an hour of getting used to looking at it , five minutes with the iron on and 55 minutes of photos it was a done deed.
0.2mm tip btw.
Another angle , not pretty but it worked flawlessly!
Good Job, Nice to have decent tools :thumbsup:
I have seen a few posts where folks were freaking out because they have knocked parts off their equipment and been afraid to put an iron to thier pcb. Well ,what do you have to lose? I recently vmodded my 5900 and repaired this ram successfully with little to no soldering experience. I say go for it
haha yeah right thats perfect!Originally posted by jamaljaco
not pretty .........
Very good work. Agree with using magnification, even with good eyes seeing a blow-up is a boon.
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data."
Thanks and yes it is. I believe in having the right tools for the job.It did seem rather silly buying a hundred dollars worth of tools to repair a 20 dollar stick of ram But it's Bh5 man! Also next time I do something stupid I'll be ready.Originally posted by Karnivore
Good Job, Nice to have decent tools :thumbsup:
So true. Even with my excellent vision I spent an hour practicing holding the part with the tweezers and touching the soldering tip to it while looking at it through the lenses.Originally posted by sjohnson
Very good work. Agree with using magnification, even with good eyes seeing a blow-up is a boon.
all this cuz of that stupid retention thingy ma bobber on the heatspreader
Awesome Job on it!!
Whoa sickness, nice repair!!
btw, why does it say a-data on the pcb? wasn't it mushkin?Originally posted by jamaljaco
Hey, I just got my first known stick of bh5 and I broke it. This stick of mushkin 3200 256 was purchased from Peen, a friend and XS member for 20 bucks. The damage happened when I was removing the heat spreader. The part (I have no idea what it is) was scraped off by the heat spreader when it came loose and was caught by the thermal tape. What luck..
What else to do but put it back on!
Mushkin didnt make it. A-Data made that one when I bought it I guess. It had a nice purple heatspreader on it too thats now destroyed lol
Good work
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ah, so jamal was incorrect in saying it was mushkin pc3200?Originally posted by Peen
Mushkin didnt make it. A-Data made that one when I bought it I guess. It had a nice purple heatspreader on it too thats now destroyed lol
just want to clear up some confusion, because im looking into purchasing some adata sticks
... it HAD Mushkin Heatspreaders and everything. A-Data made the sticks though. Its Mushkin PC3200
ah cool
thanks
and great repair!
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