It does not include replacement graphics card or graphics. Can I have the graphics card facing down, and then use a lighter to gently heat it up under it? Or does it have to be facing up?Īnother thing, it has no hard drive, so i have direct access to the other side of the logic board under the graphics card. To change a fill pattern or line width once you've drawn a graphic object. Service Price: The service price is for fixing your existing graphics chip by reballing or reflowing. So what would be the best way to do this? In all the articles/videos i've seen about this they always put the ibook upside-down (graphics card facing up) when doing it. I do have isopropanol alcohol that I can use to soak a tight bundle of cloth and put on top of the card. I do not have a heat gun, but I do have a 220 volt hair dryer, but it is weak on 110 volts and wouldn't make enough heat. When the solder on top begins to melt you stop torching it. When solder is heated to this temperature, the tiny cracks disappear as solder melts and solidifies again. Reflow involves using a specialized heat gun heated up to 290º C to remelt the graphics card’s soldered connections. Also, use premixed baking soda to achieve maximum fluffyness. There is another option though to give some extra life to the these failing graphics card. In other articles they put aluminum foil around the graphics card, put solder on top of the card, and use a blow torch on low on it. Answer (1 of 8): I dont think it is dangerous at all, although I recommend you put some salt and oregano on it to give it some seasoning. In the first article I read, the person put a hot candle or flaming thing on top of the graphics card for a while. I've looked around on the internet and found out you can fix this by heating up the graphics card and try to reflow the solder. An oven isn't hot enough to reflow a BGA chip and to reconnect the failing solder ball connections. I thought the iBook was not repairable and better just to recycle it or sell for parts. This way all solder balls are covered with CS-FLUX and durring reflow or. Oven reflow has worked for thousands of people.
Usually the display doesn't turn on at all but by pushing around there I managed to get light and image. I have one of these iBooks that has bad graphics card soldering.