Solder Reflows - Anyone done it?

[AmDaMan]

Hey chaps,

I was looking into this as my T40 laptop sometimes freezes or garbled if you press on it or knock it... So I think it may be some of the solder joints. Someone mentioned reflowing, has anyone tried this with good results?

Also can you use a hairdryer or is that just daft?

Cheers.

 

[AmDaMan]

Hi, yeah i've had a look and the motherboard was immaculate, hardly a spec of dust on it. If you push down hear the pcmcia area though when the machine is on it messes up the display and locks up.

 

[AmDaMan]

Hey up, i've just used a mini gas pen torch all over the motherboard and a hairdryer as a cool down and it's actually worked lol!!

I've been knocking it about while it was installing Windows and there were no problems!

Cheers!