M. Adam Davis said:
> Typcially you place flux on the pads, lay the BGA on top and heat it
> all.  A toaster oven soldering job would do the trick.
>
> The hard part is making sure that all the blobs properly soldered.

Just x-ray it afterwards. A kitchen x-ray setup is not that hard, and adds
a lot of class to your home PC board setup. Plans are available on the
web:
http://www.noah.org/science/x-ray/stong/

Cheers,

Bob

P.S. Although the plans are there, I am kidding about building your own
x-ray machine! Way too dangerous! Much easier to buy a used one on eBay
;-)

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