Nice, that looks very tidy
Nice, that looks very tidy
I'm stuck trying to find a 1.8v pointNice, that looks very tidy
I rather reflow/reball a BGA chip that make a kamikaze atempt like we did on the Xvox 360Just hoping for an alternate point, too many things can go wrong trying to reflow a BGA chip...
humm...I rather reflow/reball a BGA chip that make a kamikaze atempt like we did on the Xvox 360
Solder paste, stencil, hot air, lets go!humm...
IMO, that, actually, depends.
With Xbox 360 the "gap" between the board and the APU allowed us to do that. I, personally, used wires and needle before we have the Post Fix from TX.
Now, if you look at the Switch and it's eMMC there's no room for slipping in anything without removing the IC first.... So, in the end, without an alt point, a reball will be the ONLY way.
I'm not sure I'm "ready" for so many reballs, TBH! :/
I feel you! The hype is real and good!Solder paste, stencil, hot air, lets go!
RookieI feel you! The hype is real and good!
Buuut, the "hype" might go down the sink hole when you wake up and realize you have, let's say, 20-30 consoles.
One or two, maybe five, should be fine now, 20-30 or maybe more a day, it's a completely different story
I'm really tying to get my hands in one of these OLED units just to try it out.
I can read you don't know what the Kamikaze hack washumm...
IMO, that, actually, depends.
With Xbox 360 the "gap" between the board and the APU allowed us to do that. I, personally, used wires and needle before we have the Post Fix from TX.
Now, if you look at the Switch and it's eMMC there's no room for slipping in anything without removing the IC first.... So, in the end, without an alt point, a reball will be the ONLY way.
I'm not sure I'm "ready" for so many reballs, TBH! :/
Is is better to use the Core or the Lite chip for this?
I guess time to learn how to reball emmc
From pictures the install looks cleaner with the lite chip especially since it's smaller but you need a 1.8v point for the lite
Rookie
Yup! I know it... Bought me a Dremel just for this. Before that I used an old iron tip in my Yaxun.I can read you don't know what the Kamikaze hack was
That was when we drilled a hole in the chip on the drive so it could be unlocked and then flasked with cstm firmware
drilling too deep and the chip died
For a split second I was happy thinking it was an alt point C ... then I finished reading and got sad again! LOL!for those looking for 1.8... here it is! right next to the volume and power connector.View attachment 280602View attachment 280604
I was originally quite skeptical of the possibility of a solution similar to the corona postfix adapter due to the clearance, depth, and pitch of the emmc's BGA, but I was in fact able to snake a tinned magnet wire under the chip and get continuity to the dat0 test point on a switch lite board. I will be looking into this further; I am certainly not opposed to the hot air rework method, but also would not mind if it was rendered unnecessary