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Old 02-09-2012, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Zenith26kc20 View Post
...(baking them in a oven for a given length of time to reflow the solder). I've never done this but a friend of mine repairs HP printers and has done a few that were repaired that way. I know, it sounds CRAZY!
Reminds me of the XBox 360 "fix". Someone dumped onto me a dead XBox 360 with the red ring of death symptom. One "fix" I've read of is wrapping the thing in towels to make it get hot enough to reflow the solder! Sounds like a potential fire hazard. I have not tried it.
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