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Removal of soldered component from laptop motherboard

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  • 19-02-2014 11:42am
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    cruhoortwunk
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    I have a faulty Sandisk iSSD soldered to the motherboard of my Asus UX32A.
    It causes slow boot time while the BIOS searches for the drive and there is no way to disable it in the BIOS.
    Laptop is out of warranty, but it's a common problem with these laptops.
    Wondering how tricky that would be to remove from the motherboard.
    Pic below shows it, under black tape to the right of the CPU.


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    Irish Steve
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    Needs a specialist device to heat the whole area on both sides around the failed component on the motherboard, but protect the vulnerable devices, and they're not cheap, and need to be operated by someone that understands the technology. The motherboard will have to be completely stripped out of the case, and all the removable devices taken off, so it's not a quick repair.

    A couple of years ago, there were significant issues with Nvidia graphics chips on motherboards, so some of the PC repairers got these devices in order to "reflow", or "reball" the chips.

    It should be possible to replace the iSSD with a new one, which in theory will solve the problem, assuming it is the device that's failed. If it's the connection to the motherboard that's failed, then it may only need the equivalent of a reflow to solve the problem. And yes, it is a common issue, so someone should have experience of sorting it.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



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    ED E
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    Steve above is correct. Find out how much a new Mobo is, it may well be cheaper than the repair job.


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    Where and when did you buy the laptop? The manufacturer warranty doesnt affect your statutory rights.


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    Irish Steve
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Where and when did you buy the laptop? The manufacturer warranty doesnt affect your statutory rights.


    Good point, which I forgot to mention, have a look at the Nvidia graphic chip issues, do a search on Nvidia graphic chip fault, the courts have been giving a lot of positive responses to claims under EU legislation over issues very similar to this one, and it's the retailer that is having to deal with the issues, for periods of time considerably longer than the "standard" warranty period of 12 months.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



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    cruhoortwunk
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Where and when did you buy the laptop? The manufacturer warranty doesnt affect your statutory rights.
    Got it from Currys, so I emailed them. Will go with small claims court if I have no joy


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    It seems to be a relatively new laptop (launched in late 2012?) so if it's only a year and half old I don't think you'd have any issue if you went to the small claims court. A premium laptop would be expected to last many years.


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    cruhoortwunk
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    It seems to be a relatively new laptop (launched in late 2012?) so if it's only a year and half old I don't think you'd have any issue if you went to the small claims court. A premium laptop would be expected to last many years.

    Yeah the newness of it may be its downfall in terms of reliability. Its an ultrabook and these internal issd drives from sandisk seem to be custom made for ultrabooks. Probably not tested very well


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