mercredi 28 août 2013

Any GTA chip reballing leads?

My old G4 Powerbook workhorse is suffering video artifacts again. The video chip was replaced two years ago and the same symptoms have returned. That is the only problem so I would like to make it useful to someone without spending an arm and a leg. Maybe a toe or two.



I suspect that the chip itself is fine but needs to be "reballed" which means to have the tiny solder blobs under the surface-mount chip replaced with the higher-temp blobs. Apple or Carbon won't touch this anymore.



Has anyone been able to locate a shop that does this in the Toronto area? The alternative is to replace the logic board. Used logic boards are $50-60 on eBay and $349 from iFixit. You pays your money and you takes your chances.



Any leads appreciated.





via ehMac.ca http://www.ehmac.ca/showthread.php?t=109073&goto=newpost

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