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  • Swapping out Eee PC BGA chip for 1.6 GHz upgrade

                      
    		   
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    wraggster
    Published on August 11th, 2012 17:56
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    Personally we find this Ball-Grid Array chip-swap rather horrifying. But if you want to beef up the processor on your 701 Eee PC this is what you’ll need to go through. Not only did [Red Fathom] , but he managed to get the computer to boot up with the new hardware in place.
    BGAs are notoriously hard to solder. This hack pulls it off using just a hot air gun. [Red Fathom] heats the board from the underside until the solder melts and he can pluck off the old chip. He then uses a solder braid and iron to remove extra solder from the footprint. After a little cleanup with a cotton swab and some flux he plops in an Intel Pentium M LV 778. It doesn’t look like he added any solder after the cleaning process. Perhaps he’s relying on the small amount left on the tinned pads of the board?
    After the break you can see the soldering process and a video of the new processor booting Xandros.

    http://hackaday.com/2012/08/10/swapp...6-ghz-upgrade/
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Swapping out Eee PC BGA chip for 1.6 GHz upgrade started by wraggster View original post
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