hey
I just joined this forum so hopefully I post in the right area, looks like a great place to learn, ok I just started soldering so still trying to work things out, can anyone tell me if the charger ports and all other components are originally lead free or lead on laptop boards? I've got a practice motherboard to play with but man trying to get the solder out of the joints of the port is failing miserably, I'm using a solder wick to try extract it but it's not really taking much, I've tried putting lead solder in to try loosen it, tried using different heat at 600-700F I got one or 2 pins lose but the ones directly under the port aren't working, and I can only get to them on the secondary side of the board, is there something I'm doing wrong?? Any tips? I'm using a pace 250 mbt rework station, thanks heaps in advance
I just joined this forum so hopefully I post in the right area, looks like a great place to learn, ok I just started soldering so still trying to work things out, can anyone tell me if the charger ports and all other components are originally lead free or lead on laptop boards? I've got a practice motherboard to play with but man trying to get the solder out of the joints of the port is failing miserably, I'm using a solder wick to try extract it but it's not really taking much, I've tried putting lead solder in to try loosen it, tried using different heat at 600-700F I got one or 2 pins lose but the ones directly under the port aren't working, and I can only get to them on the secondary side of the board, is there something I'm doing wrong?? Any tips? I'm using a pace 250 mbt rework station, thanks heaps in advance