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Offering to replace the 11" Air LCD panels for customers has a hidden benefit - each broken LCD has a board that you can scavenge a 30 pin lvds connector from that will work for many models of macbooks.
If you finding yourself only ordering a few a month this is a good way to save money...
Those are valid points, thanks! I do have to be careful and preheat, but it does work. I have been able to successfully replace ISL chips and LP 8550.
Definitely a good point about durability. I hate having to figure out why my crap is broken.
My hope was that people looking for a cheap entry...
I can say for sure that OWC one works great. It also gives you access to newer 2013 and later retina macbook SSD's. I tested it with the faster mid 2015 retina ssd and compatibility is there. At the time I bought it I wasn't sure if anything else was compatible with the newer drives, since apple...
I am going to ask an interesting question though: Let's start with the assumption that the hakko is a better product (I know it is). If I can successfully take off a QFN or BGA chip, or an LVDS connector in under a minute with the cheap one, why would I pay 12 times more for the more expensive...
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In my experience this is perfectly adequate for most surface mount work. Used the other cheap stations, Auyoe and the like, and this is the only one that worked...
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Since everyone is talking about getting a Crest or a Branson ultrasonic cleaner, I thought I'd put up a review of the one I have.
It's a Sharpertek XPS-120-3L, seen here: http://www.sharpertek.com/ultrasonic-cleaner-sh100-3l.html
It has a 3L tank, a wire mesh basket for holding parts...
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If you are having residue after ultrasonic cleaning I would look at the ultrasonic cleaner. I have had this issue occur when I used a cheap chinese ultrasonic cleaner without a sweep frequency function.
Not sure if it was the cheap steel material of the tank leeching things in to the...