Hi folks!
I've been busy the last few days trying to make one good BVision out of two poorly ones. Beware hardcore hardware pr0n alert! Here are a few pics to show what I did...
Here are the two units, the one to the left is my DOA evilbay jobbie, the one to the right is the known working unit I got from Keith in the hopes of being able to transplant the miniPCI connector over...
As you can see, its not pretty!
Looking through my works 2x zoom lens I clean up the pins.
This is the connector I have to take off... how on earth shall I do it?! ....
Heatgun the sucker! I applied 350 Deg C temps on low airflow for 15 seconds to the other side of the board and......
PLOP! It fell clean off. Not recommended on a working BVision folks!
Cleaning up the pins.
OOH! I noticed something else... a missing cap!
So swiped one off the duff BV
Using my bare peeled eyes only to line up the connector on the working board.
Cripes, there is a lot of work to do here...
A quick shot of my humble gear before I get down to the dirty work.
I'm on my way, its not too bad actually! Using 0.2mm solder + tip.
All pins done, now to tackle the broken tracks...
Hmm.. its a bit of a cludge, but I used some small pieces of bent wire. It was a tad fiddly getting a good joint on the old points so took a bit of time fiddling with the tweezers and solder. I got there in the end even if its a little lumply.
Soldering done! Now to laquer....
Masked chip tops and connectors ready for spraying.
The underside.
DING! Good as new! .... but does she work..... ?!
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HELL YEAH!!! WOOOO!! Super happy chappie!
I just want to thank Keith for helping me out with the spare BV he had kicking around, cheers mate and Steve for spending his time totally verifying my old one was indeed a duffer... ta bud!
I've been busy the last few days trying to make one good BVision out of two poorly ones. Beware hardcore hardware pr0n alert! Here are a few pics to show what I did...
Here are the two units, the one to the left is my DOA evilbay jobbie, the one to the right is the known working unit I got from Keith in the hopes of being able to transplant the miniPCI connector over...
As you can see, its not pretty!
Looking through my works 2x zoom lens I clean up the pins.
This is the connector I have to take off... how on earth shall I do it?! ....
Heatgun the sucker! I applied 350 Deg C temps on low airflow for 15 seconds to the other side of the board and......
PLOP! It fell clean off. Not recommended on a working BVision folks!
Cleaning up the pins.
OOH! I noticed something else... a missing cap!
So swiped one off the duff BV
Using my bare peeled eyes only to line up the connector on the working board.
Cripes, there is a lot of work to do here...
A quick shot of my humble gear before I get down to the dirty work.
I'm on my way, its not too bad actually! Using 0.2mm solder + tip.
All pins done, now to tackle the broken tracks...
Hmm.. its a bit of a cludge, but I used some small pieces of bent wire. It was a tad fiddly getting a good joint on the old points so took a bit of time fiddling with the tweezers and solder. I got there in the end even if its a little lumply.
Soldering done! Now to laquer....
Masked chip tops and connectors ready for spraying.
The underside.
DING! Good as new! .... but does she work..... ?!
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
HELL YEAH!!! WOOOO!! Super happy chappie!
I just want to thank Keith for helping me out with the spare BV he had kicking around, cheers mate and Steve for spending his time totally verifying my old one was indeed a duffer... ta bud!
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