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Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics by burntrelish1273 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:34AM (#15547759)
That red strip on iDevices that changed in temporary high-humidity conditions. If Apple actually produced good PCBs and conformally-coated them and capped their JTAGs, water damage and corrosion would be much less likely.
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Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics by crispyambulance on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @10:28AM (#15550378)
Why do say they don't produce good PCB's?

Conformal coating introduces problems too and, moreover, makes repair intractable.

I don't know if conformal coating even works properly with the very fine pitch BGA's that cover much of the surface area of the PCB in an iPhone.

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Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics by coldtea on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:24AM (#15547941)
>If Apple actually produced good PCBs and conformally-coated them and capped their JTAGs, water damage and corrosion would be much less likely.

If? In what world they don't, and compared to which alternative?

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