Reflow method repair a reflow repair is when the system is taken apart, down to the bare motherboard. Xbox 360 gpu, cpu, hana, reflowing, reflow console repair. I want to open a pdf in wordbut every time i try, something called pdf reflow wants to convert it to a document and when it does, it totally rearranges the info and graphics. Users are advised to optimize their own board level parameters to get proper reflow outcome.
The way i look at it you can do one of three things. Rework and repair x box 360 pc board assemblies rework and repair x box 360 pc board assemblies the zlkxbox pcb rework kit is with each zt7 x box comprehensive hot air bench top reflow system. Honestly, at this point i would cut your losses and send it to a professional to have it repaired. By remelting the solder balls in a bga any imperfect joints will be fixed when they reharden. If you can heat up the xbox enough to reflow the solder you can probably make the xbox dependable. So for christmas, instead of asking for parts for my gaming pc and stuff, i asked for a good soldering iron reflow station. I have read up on the profiles and feel comfortable on that. Upgrade your xbox live gold membership to ultimate xbox. My experiences reflowing videocards so far 100% success rate page 1. May 02, 2016 after more reading and a very helpful 20 minute long youtube video, i saw that the fix would be to reflow the solder on the gpu with a rework station. Apr 03, 2010 this is a reflow of the xbox 360 gpu with real time process monitoring and data capture.
Sep 14, 2011 im getting an fx p171s with a known gpu issue too good of a deal to not take a chance on it. One of the ones that puts out air at one temp with one fan speed. Really easy going friendly staff, very knowledgeable and they were very quick to repair my drone. If you arent familiar with the terms used, either ask us or try to search for a more detailed walkthrough on.
Just click the add to cart button below to have your xbox 360 red light, blank screen or freezing issue repaired by an experienced gaming console repair technician. Most reball techniques used to repair the gpu issue use lead based solder. Flux recommendation for bga rework we repair playstation 3 and xbox 360 circuit boards. Of course this is for a reflow station based on a lead free bga ic. The easiest way to reflow a gpu chip is to use a heat gun. Reflowing xbox 360 motherboard ifixit repair guide. Use this guide to reflow the solder on the chips that usually cause the xbox 360 to have a red ring of death rrod failure.
I would really like to make a good reflow on this gpu with what i have. Many original models of the playstation 3 have hardware issues that eventually causes the system to overheat after years of use. Im wondering if anyone that has reflowed one of these could give me an idea of the temps required to fully melt the solder. Cleaning is a very important and main thing to do, before performing any type of reflow process if you didnt clean the gpu s printed circuit board, then its quite possible that the dust will stick with the soldering metal while between the heating process. Jul 21, 2010 what exactly does it mean to reflow an xbox 360. The dwell temperature of the solder alloy needs to be reached at all solder joints present on the board. If your graphics chip has been overheated it may be possible to reball or reflow the solder on the chip. If you need a reflow oven, you can very easily head down to walmart or target and pick up a toaster oven for fifteen bucks or so. To take these off, put a flat head screw driver into the part of the clip that curls back. While under warranty it was repaired by sony once but i dont know what they did to it. Xbox 360 repair, reflow, rework, error code, hot air rework system. To give an indication of a temperature profile in practice, here is a screen shot of the software for the ecreflowmate, with the prescribed profile superimposed.
The high heat is necessary for the solder points underneath the chip to become liquid so that it remolds back into place. My xbox 360 slim is needing a reflow due to the xcgpu causing freezingdistortion problems. Repair alternatives for the xbox 360 cpugpu reflow xbox. First phase technologies, 8007180206, is now offering repair on xbox 360 units that have failed due to intermittent connection on the gpu bga. Under most of the chips on the xbox are a grid of solder points called the ball grid array bga. To do a true reflow, you would have to either use a hot airir station with preheater or heavily insulate every part except the gpu, which youre trying to reflow. My playstation has been out of commission for over a year now. Therefore the max temperature in the curve should be set at solder temperature of the alloy.
My experiences reflowing videocards so far 100% success. Get all the benefits of xbox live gold, plus over 100 highquality console and pc games when you upgrade to xbox game pass ultimate. The worlds most specialized reballing service provider for ps3, ps4, xbox, macbook, laptops and more xbox360 reballing repair service phat consoles reballing genius llc facebook. I also added a small 40mm fan from radioshack to the secondary gpu heatsink to help draw heat away from the gpu. Repair alternatives for the xbox 360 cpugpu reflow.
Vapour phase reflow this is the latest technology that is used in soldering where the solder joint is made by boiling the pcb in liquid. This repair option has been discontinued as we recommend the xbox 360 reballing service instead. Reflow soldering is the most common process used by manufacturers and repair shop to mount electronic components on a printed board circuits and reflow is the stage of reflowing solder where the solder or solder paste changes its state from solid to liquid at the high heat temperature to make solder joint on pcb printed board circuits. After all, those are the birth places for the home reflows. My reball profile and reflow profile are almost the exactly the same, the only different is i hold the highest temperature point longer for reballs to make sure that all the solder is melted and im not talking holding it for a minute or anything like that. Is your xbox 360 displaying 3 red lights, 1 red light, freezing or graphic artifacts and glitches. To safeguard against future failure, we strongly recommend installing our red ring of death fix kit after completing the reflow. So i am not sure where to look or what to try to reheatreflow, the gpu or memory do not.
Places in toronto that can do chip reflowingreballing. I noticed that while the gpu was failing that the system was unstable and software was crashing with weird errors and dat was being corrupted, which is not. Posted in laptops hacks, repair hackstagged gpu, heat gun, hp, nvidia, reflow, tx2000. This is called a bga lift, and just follow this profile up to 350c. Standard reflow profile for standard and leadfree packages. Fixing laptops display problem by reflowing its gpu. Even though they had to order parts on the friday, i was called on tuesday evening to say it was ready for collection and all parts of the drone had been inspected, tes.
This is the heating profile that i follow all temperature increases are in 3 degsec. Mar 03, 2011 reflow and a reball how to tell the difference. I saw a chap on youtube reflow an xbox 360 chip with nothing other than a high temp heat gun. Using our metcal 3501 rework station we have developed a proprietary fluxing process and reflow profile that will resolder this device back to the motherboard. If we tweak the profile up high enough to reflow the usb connectors, the plastic connectors melt. How to fix your ps4 blueblinking light of death temporarily. If youre here youre probably aware of the rrod and high rate of hardware failure on the xbox 360 console. Hi, ive had a few successful reballs using a simple heat flow attached to my soldering iron, ive practiced on xbox 360s which i have bought as. Now some people claim they can reflow their xbox using a heat gun or an oven, but to reflow properly you need the proper equipment.
I successfully reflowed the gpu, this time using liquid flux, a large bga nozzle, and a proper reflow heating profile. We offer a free 90 day warranty with this repair service and all workmanship is guaranteed. Check this video for a gpu reflow, different computer, same idea. The worlds most specialized reballing service provider for ps3, ps4,xbox, macbook, laptops and more xbox360 reballing repair service phat consoles reballing genius llc facebook. To give an indication of a temperature profile in practice, here is a screen shot of the software for the ec reflow mate, with the prescribed profile superimposed. Reballing is a much more involved process in which we take our time to ensure the best possible results. Ive been reading up on the reflow methods, and that is a load of info, mostly seeing it on xbox ps3 and hps, but im assuming the same instructions apply to the fx p171s which i also assume is very close to the 6831, which i used to own and have dissembled several times. Reflow soldering is the most common process used by manufacturers and repair shop to mount electronic components on a printed board circuits and reflow is the stage of reflowing solder where the solder or solder paste changes its state from solid to liquid at the high heat temperature to make solder. Reflowing is the best type of repair before a reball for the xbox 360.
The melting temperature lasts for several seconds, and only very large chips would have a significant temperature difference between the inside and outside. The infamous yellow light of death will turn on when this occurs which makes. A reflow basically means to remelt the solder under the chips. It seems that this apu or gpu portion of the chip gets very hot during. I own a 360 and as luck would have it got the rrod. In this video i show you how to reflow an xbox 360 slim cpugpu song. I just want to open the pdf in word without the conversion.
The original solder used on all the chips inside the console is lead free, lead free solder is brittle and eventually cracksfractures which is when you get the red light errors like 3 flashing red lights rrod and 1 flashing red light e74. Unfortunately, the extended warranty has expired and the current failure is not an rrod. The unit i have has the ability to create profiles metcal qx2 so i will use the thermacouple and. Im getting an fx p171s with a known gpu issue too good of a deal to not take a chance on it. Hello, im not 100% sure about what reflow is because i haven ever done it myself but had it done on an old xbox. My experiences reflowing videocards so far 100% success rate. Apr 17, 2012 repair sharks offers reflow, reball, and enhanced cooling mods for the xbox 360 console. I measured the heatsinks side after 15 minutes of just cooling the cpu with my digital probe. Youll need the high temperature output of a heat gun to accomplish the reflow. Now the most popular reflow oven is getting the same treatment.
Once you see a temperature of 245c on the thermometer maintain this for a short period of time 1020 seconds. How to reflow a playstation 3 with pictures wikihow. Rework and repair xbox board and gpu, cpu, and memory chips. Solder profiles to be able to solder using a chamber oven like the ecreflowmate it is important to understand that. In this graphic, the red curve represents a sensor that floats above the pcb, the yellow curve is for the sensor the floats below the pcb, the green curve represent a sensor that. The specs for this replacement board include a fiveinch, 800 x 480 display, powered by an stm32h7 microcontroller. Xbox 360 reflow service rrod e74 error blank screen. Rework and repair x box 360 pc board assemblies rework and repair x box 360 pc board assemblies the zlk xbox pcb rework kit is with each zt7 x box comprehensive hot air bench top reflow system. Good profiles must be carefully developed using correct thermocouple placement and analysis of. Here is what happens to your xbox 360 when we receive it for repair at. Reball gpu is lifted from the board and the old solder balls are removed and replaced with new ones.
The reason i havent done the reflow is that i have modchips installed on the board that i think would need to be uninstalled first. In researching xbox 360 repairs, the consensus seems to be more that a reball is unnecessary and wont provide any more that a proper reflow will. Just like how we heated the gpu up slowly, we are going to cool it down slowly too. I saw a chap on youtube reflow an xbox 360 chip with nothing other than a high. Dec 02, 2010 in researching xbox 360 repairs, the consensus seems to be more that a reball is unnecessary and wont provide any more that a proper reflow will.
Per package qualification maximum number of reflow can be done on microsemi soc products group packages is 3. What causes the blod blueblinking light of death for the playstation 4. The high heat is necessary for the solder points underneath the chip to become liquid so that it remolds. Reflowing the motherboard of your xbox 360 allows the solder balls located beneath the cpu, gpu, ram, and other chips to reconnect with their contacts on the motherboard. The story on the xbox forums is that the leadfree solder cracks under the slight warping of the. My friend said he was watching a youtube video on how to fix his xbox. Left on the board and heated to get the solder under to reflow, repairing any cracks or similar in the joints. Gpu reflow soldering profile electrical engineering. Selfs playstation 3 reflow reball guide page 2 psxhax. The only exception is bga which ive never tried with an iron. This information is captured to create a more accurate reflow profile. My launch 360 failed for a second time after receiving an rrod repair mere days before the warranty expiration. It shorted again several months later when a cockroach crawled in the power supply.
You can see plenty of examples of reballing on youtube if you search for xbox 360 reball. From the factory the xbox gpu is soldered to the motherboard using leadfree solder. Insert the flat end of a spudger or the edge of an xbox 360 opening tool into the small gap at the front. One of the most common repair processes involves rework of bga components. Reflowing is generally a quicker process and can be completed within days of receipt. Even without any control electronics, a bonestock toaster oven. Whats the latest mining software for windows 10 with multiple gpus. I have a macbook pro mid 2010 that i believe to have a faulty connection between the gpu and the logic board due to over heating. The int 883 is big enough to heat an entire full atx motherboard so i dont think size and power is an issue here.
Any suggestions for doing a xcgpu reflow without removing. Xbox 360 rrod ram 0110 code afterdawn discussion forums. Have your xbox 360 repaired by an experienced console repair specialist. If you got the temperature hot enough to get the solder balls under the gpu to reach 230c for 1015s, the capacitors would probably be dead and any plastic part would have melted. The heating elements of the preheater looks pretty good too and they are probably quite capable of distributing the heat evenly. Solder profiles and oven parameters for the ecreflowmate.
A poorlydeveloped thermal profile can result in damage to the assembly or bga component requiring additional rework cycles to the same site, and damage or reflow of adjacent components. Sep 29, 2010 honestly, at this point i would cut your losses and send it to a professional to have it repaired. I attached an image which also shows a common reflow profile. Reflow with a butane torch afterdawn discussion forums. Dec 03, 20 in this video i show you how to reflow an xbox 360 slim cpugpu song. A low temperature 150c preheat around 3 minutes is required before any rework. Youll need the high temperature output of a heat gun to accomplish the reflow reflowing the motherboard of your xbox 360 allows the solder balls located beneath the cpu, gpu, ram, and other chips to reconnect with their contacts on the motherboard. All links to pcdoctor software hosted by me are dead. I cant seem to get around the automatic conversion of the pdf file. Slider, software development, software hacks, solar hacks, space. Standard reflow profile fo r standard and leadfree packages the reflow here in provided is for reference only. The gpu chip is then subjected to heating temperatures of about 300450 degrees. This guide has been written with advanced xbox 360 users in mind. My experiences reflowing videocards so far 100% success rate on.
All of the usual functionality of the oven is retained, but it adds the ability to handdraw reflow profiles. Best places to check out first, would be the xbox360 and ps3 forums. Doing a reflow is very hard if you dont know the temperature. Xbox 360 gpu reflow if youre here youre probably aware of the rrod and high rate of hardware failure on the xbox 360 console. The graphics chip on the xbox is a bga type chip and can be reballed to fix certain issues like the red ring of death. If the laptops and xbox s suffer from the same problem, i. This instructable will cover hot air reflowing, but other methods are available albeit more expensive. Gpu reflow soldering profile electrical engineering stack. The whole point of the reflow temperature profile is to bring everything up evenly to a temperature close to the melting point.
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