Gaming Hardware Misc GBA Does this GBA game have any hope?

[MrCoconut]

I've been trying to fix the game and I was able to remove the MX chip after using a lot more flux than I wanted to, I ended up having to use my solder iron to reattach the chip because my hot air station was not attaching and kept coming off. Anyhow this is the aftermath after a couple weeks, and I wanna know if this is fixable? I was thinking about transferring the chips themselves over to a different board but I would rather do that as a last resort. Any help is greatly appreciated!!

EDIT: Don't mind the date in the recording, the microscope I used is new and I did not change the date on it.

 

[SylverReZ]

I've been trying to fix the game and I was able to remove the MX chip after using a lot more flux than I wanted to, I ended up having to use my solder iron to reattach the chip because my hot air station was not attaching and kept coming off. Anyhow this is the aftermath after a couple weeks, and I wanna know if this is fixable? I was thinking about transferring the chips themselves over to a different board but I would rather do that as a last resort. Any help is greatly appreciated!!

EDIT: Don't mind the date in the recording, the microscope I used is new and I did not change the date on it.

Hot air isn't enough. You need to manually solder the connections yourself, and do a lot of repair work to the damaged traces.
You can, if you want, swap the chips with a donor board.

 

[MrCoconut]

Hot air isn't enough. You need to manually solder the connections yourself, and do a lot of repair work to the damaged traces.
You can, if you want, swap the chips with a donor board.

Yeah, that's what I thought. Thanks!

 

[EdwinNewman]

Hot air isn't enough. You need to manually solder the connections yourself, and do a lot of repair work to the damaged traces.
You can, if you want, swap the chips with a donor board.













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Ok, thanks.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Hot air isn't enough. You need to manually solder the connections yourself, and do a lot of repair work to the damaged traces.
You can, if you want, swap the chips with a donor board.

True. Even with a perfect board, a soldering station is usually easier for soldering unless you're soldering microscopic components.
Hot air is better for desoldering though. I see most pros desoldering using hot air, and soldering pins with legs using a soldering station, but tiny SMD resistors/caps etc with hot air since a soldering iron will just melt them right off the board and they'll stick to the tip.
Trace repair isn't as hard as it seems. Well, on older/simpler(cheaper) boards anyway. But boy, that is a lot of trace repair. It's going to look a mess. And the edge connector will never be quite the same, the repaired solder connections add extra thickness and aren't as strong as the original copper. Probably better off with the donor board idea...

Edit: Didn't realize the thread was necrobumped, nevermind me.