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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.
 

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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.
 
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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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