This RoHS thing seems to exist only to cause huge reliability problems. :-/

By the way what is the punishment if a small company (I don't mean Swatch :=
D )
gets caught using non-RoHS compliant solder? Ball-cutting? Death penalty? O=
r? =3D8-I


At 23.11 2011.10.17, you wrote:
>It's a common fault on some of the laptops, the GFX chip has no additional
>cooling and lead-free solder balls have a habit of developing fractures wh=
en
>stressed.
>
>(old XBOX 360's (Red ring of death) and PS3's (Yellow light of death) have
>similar problems)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU [mailto:piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU] On Behalf O=
f
>V G
>Sent: 17 October 2011 20:58
>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>Subject: Re: [EE] Soldering BGA
>
>On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Jim Franklin
><jimfranklin@talktalk.net>wrote:
>
>> It was only an AMD graphics chip on a laptop.. but I was determined to
>win.
>> (and I did).
>>
>> I only did it manually due to the busted template, I have a shiny new
>> microscope, and a free afternoon. And it's good practice.
>>
>
>Wow nice. What was wrong with the chip? Why was the reason for removing it
>and reballing it?
>
>Also, my biggest problem with these thing BGA chips is designing the PCB a=
nd
>routing it. I can't go more than 2 layers or with fancy things like vias i=
n
>pads or ill get expensive. I have to stick with surface mount leaded
>components only :(
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