Originally posted by peluynati: do you understand how a reflow works? have you actually ever seen it done? i have 3 degrees in electronics, i have been around them for many years, i know a lot about each part and what all its tolerances are, i know what the parts are made of, how they are made, inside and out, i learned from books, and the practical application, i did not get my information from idiots displaying redneck techniques on youtube!
you can feel free then to explain why they are so difficult then as you posted earlier.
I was repairing at least 25 a week of these using the foil on the board with success
Let me get this straight, you were doing 25 consoles a week and still use a heatgun and tin foil? Are you kidding me? I think your numbers are far off. I've probably repaired 25 360's a week at some point but the ps3's don't break near as often. I absolutely hate the heatspreader design but it seems to work if you keep the ps3 clean. Though we cant really say that for the ps3 slims.
A heat gun just isn't the right tool for the job, get the correct tools or stop playing repair man.
I was buying these on ebay for around £50.00 each on ebay last year and selling them for around £160.00 when repaired with no comebacks.
I took just under £3500.00 on christmas week repairing these,so I think I know what I am talking about
I also repair the compaq presario laptops using the same method and everyone has had success.
Funnily enough I bought one from a repair shop that I collected when I bought it from ebay and fixed that also with no issues.
I still have it working now after 6 months and as for repairing ps3 and xbox 360s,I was repairing on behalf of cash converters
