If you don't have any warranty left on it try Ebay to search and buy similar board. ( At least people who sell similar stuff so you can write to them if they have your daughter board as well ) Attempt to resolder processor pcb with regular oven most probably won't succeed. Anand Dhuru wrote: > > Hi folks, > > My Dell Inspiron 5000 started hanging recently. The problem increased > significantly, and now I cant get it to work even for a few minutes at a > stretch. At times it does not start at all. > > I eventually narrowed down the problem to the CPU daughter board, which > mates with the main motherboard by way of a 400(?) pin socket. The > intermittency seems to be on the daughter board. If I train a hair dryer on > the daughter board, the system invariably behaves itself the next few > minutes. I cannot see any obvious broken tracks (its a multi layered PCB), > or dry solder joints. > > I had heard of a technique involving putting the PCB in an oven to solve > these kinds of intermittent problems. > > My question is, does anyone have any expereince with this? How much > temperature should the oven be running? How long does the PCB go in? Is it a > good idea to wrap the PCB in an aluminium foil to trap the heat, while in > the oven? > > Or is it likely to damage the board even further, perhaps even melting the > plastic on board and dislocating the smd components? > > Any advice here would be highly appreciated! > > Thanks and Regards, > > Anand Dhuru > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist