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   From: nobody@haph.org   
      
   "Commander Kinsey"    
   news:op.zyar0dgswdg98l@desktop-ga2mpl8.lan Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:49:15   
   GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   I've got a few of them, myself. I'm pretty decent with a desoldering   
   pump and desolder wick (can even make my own); recently ordered and   
   experimented with fastchip (quikchip clone) and it's fantastic for   
   quickly removing SMD as well as thru hole components. It's how I was   
   able to drop those usb ports off that board so fast.   
      
   If you're using it to quickly remove multiple pin heat sensitive   
   thru-port components, you'll have a bit of a mess left behind to   
   clean up before you can install new components (if you plan to). It   
   leaves behind a little solder in the holes and stuff. Nothing you   
   can't remove easily enough though.   
      
   If you have no idea what I'm writing about, search youtube for   
   quikchip or fastchip video demonstration. It's not difficult to use   
   the stuff, but due to it's tendency to break easily, I'd suggest you   
   acquire the stuff in rod form, not the little coil you have to gently   
   uncoil to use. And be prepared to spend some cash. 4.5ft of fastchip   
   in rod form is over $20 US. And that's without flux or anything else,   
   just the alloy.   
      
      
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