Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1764637">udowsky, I didn't mean my comments to be sarcastic, but serious. Sorry you misunderstood.However, I think you missed my point. IF you can get the schematics (highly unlikely given how Apple protects their intellectual property) and IF you can get the part (also unlikely, but maybe some warehouser of electronic parts might have one, otherwise you would have to buy in bulk from the component manufacturer) and IF you have the equipment to do reflow soldering and/or surface mount component soldering (that alone is pretty expensive equipment, well above the price of a new motherboard), you would still need to enlist the services of someone who knows how to do reflow soldering. And those people don't come cheap.And that's why it is going to be cheaper for you to just save your pence until you can spend that £300 for a replacement motherboard. Unless you own a reflow soldering system already, of course, which you have not mentioned before.Sadly, today's electronics world is not for the average guy with a soldering iron any more. I used to assemble electronics myself, but don't anymore because of the increasingly tiny size, surface mounted components and reflow soldering.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1764637"] udowsky, I didn't mean my comments to be sarcastic, but serious. Sorry you misunderstood. However, I think you missed my point. [B]IF[/B] you can get the schematics (highly unlikely given how Apple protects their intellectual property) and [B]IF[/B] you can get the part (also unlikely, but maybe some warehouser of electronic parts might have one, otherwise you would have to buy in bulk from the component manufacturer) and [B]IF[/B] you have the equipment to do reflow soldering and/or surface mount component soldering (that alone is pretty expensive equipment, well above the price of a new motherboard), you would still need to enlist the services of someone who knows how to do reflow soldering. And those people don't come cheap. And that's why it is going to be cheaper for you to just save your pence until you can spend that £300 for a replacement motherboard. Unless you own a reflow soldering system already, of course, which you have not mentioned before. Sadly, today's electronics world is not for the average guy with a soldering iron any more. I used to assemble electronics myself, but don't anymore because of the increasingly tiny size, surface mounted components and reflow soldering. [/QUOTE]

Verification

Name this item 🌈