Re: Laptop Repair For Dummies?

Larry Lindstrom wrote:
Barry Watzman wrote:
If it needs to be soldered, you might need a high(er) power soldering iron. The power connector goes to fairly massive traces, as PCB traces go. It takes some power to get the connector & traces hot enough to solder properly, in fact one of the reasons that this happens is that they often don't get soldered well at the factory. Trying to use a low power iron can do a lot of damage, because you may be holding this hot iron on the PCB for a long time, damaging the board but perhaps without ever getting the surfaces hot enough to really solder properly. You may need a 25 to 35 watt iron.

Thanks Barry:

That's exactly what happened. The pencil was cleaned with one of
those sponges, tinned, and laid on a pin to warm it up for a de-solder.
But it wouldn't even melt the solder joint.

I'll need to get another soldering iron tomorrow. That's Sunday, so
probably from Fry's.

Bucks are a little tight, I don't think I'll be able to afford a
variable power unit.

What power do you suggest, 25 or 35 watts?

Thanks
Larry


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