Motherboard chipset reflow (GPU)

I don't recommend re-flowing. I find that doing so just makes it run again for a few months and stop again.

Besides, any laptop that gets broken usually is not worth fixing. They're made to last you a maximum of 5 years tops, so just get a new one.

julien_saadeh wroteI know but the owners want their laptop back so, I have to try.

Basically tell them what I said, buy a laptop from pcandparts and sell it to them, make better profit.

I'm happy, you're happy, and they're happy ;)

actually i think reflowing is worth doing if done correctly cause the issue may be solved forever, anyway reballing is the better option and i do it for my customers for 50$ and if a gpu replacement is necessary i charge around 100$ or maybe more according to what GPU is in the laptop.

DNA wroteactually i think reflowing is worth doing if done correctly cause the issue may be solved forever, anyway reballing is the better option and i do it for my customers for 50$ and if a gpu replacement is necessary i charge around 100$ or maybe more according to what GPU is in the laptop.

A new laptop starts from $285+VAT nowadays. Do you think anyone who needs a 5+YO GPU? On the desktop side, the original Intel HD graphics was slightly slower than the 9400GT (Very popular card). So, if they can live with such slow speeds, I don't see any reason to fix it. Unless it's CUDA or OpenGL, or they just want it to run temporarily and get a better upgrade later or something. I really don't recommend people to fix old stuff. They're keep having problems with other things in the future, and eventually pay for repairs more than a brand new laptop that would set them for for a few years already.

i live in antelias, ive done this method on a ps3 and it worked, what you need is a heatgun, you can also use liquid flux if you'd like, there is no experience in this, you just heat it up to a certain temp and that's it