XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Fri, 01 Mar 2019 04:23:22 -0000, Diesel  wrote:   
      
   > "Commander Kinsey"    
   > news:op.zxki3ch6wdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:39:02   
   > GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 02:45:48 -0000, Diesel    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "William Gothberg" <"William Gothberg"@internet.co.is>   
   >>> news:op.zuaephp9o5piw3@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan Wed, 19 Dec 2018   
   >>> 20:47:31 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Not expensive enough to bother.  I often buy brand new caps on   
   >>>> Ebay for peanuts (just got a couple to repair 2 switched mode   
   >>>> PSUs - one for a monitor and one for an insect zapper).  Used   
   >>>> ones wouldn't be worth much.   
   >>>   
   >>> Ahh. What is your preferred desoldering method? Have you used any   
   >>> of the new SMP quikchip stuff yet?   
   >>   
   >> I ain't a pro solderer.  I do nowt special.  I can desolder and   
   >> resolder surface mount LEDs though.   
   >   
   > That's touching. I can desolder two usb ports in under a minute without   
   > damaging the board or the ports. I could have gotten the other two off   
   > the donor board within another 30-45 seconds or so.   
      
   As I said I ain't a pro.  I probably get my soldering iron out 5 times a year   
   to repair something.  I have changed an ethernet port on a laptop that my   
   neighbour rather clumsily forced a USB plug into.   
      
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