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Re:Adam? ... is there a reason your laptop is in the fridge?... by mhandley on Friday October 06, 2023 @08:39AM (#37789965)
I did that baking-the-motherboard last-resort trick on a Mac Mini three years ago. https://twitter.com/MarkJHandley/status/1245730555846635520

Reallyt didn't think it would work. And when it acctually did, I was sure it would only be a temporary solution. Much to my surprise, it's still going strong today (mostly used as an Octoprint server for my 3d printer.)

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Re:Adam? ... is there a reason your laptop is in the fridge?... by extraduder_ire on Friday October 06, 2023 @09:06AM (#37790257)
I'm sure there's other nasty substances not covered by it, but I'm glad RoHS2 exists for things like this.

Otherwise you would have really had to get a dedicated oven to do that reflowing. Or lead all over your oven.

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