News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Flash Memory Wear Killing Older Teslas Due to Excessive Data Logging: Report. Parent comment

Re:Flash Memory Wear Killing Older Teslas Due to Excessive D... by Avamander on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:08AM (#21258482)
It takes more than that to replace a BGA flash chip.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Flash Memory Wear Killing Older Teslas Due to Excessive D... by lightedman on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:50AM (#21259745)
A BGA can be replaced with a freaking heat gun from Home Depot and some solder braid and some flux.

Source: I used to repair cable boxes for CTDI. While everyone else is using their Metcal station and wasting 5 minutes, I've got the BGA off, board deballed, and a new BGA package installed and ready for PKI in less than 45 seconds with a heat gun.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Flash Memory Wear Killing Older Teslas Due to Excessive D... by cptskippy on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:22AM (#21258662)
Not that much. BGA chips aren't that hard with a hot air station. I've done plenty of de-soldering and reflow using just a hot air gun.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Flash Memory Wear Killing Older Teslas Due to Excessive D... by rasz on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @01:11PM (#21260927)
Not really, you can learn to handle BGA in 4-7 days and $2-3K from some very best people in the business https://www.ipadrehab.com/index.cfm?Page=Practical-Board-Rep...
[ Parent | on HN ]