tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post426197529652266268..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: 12-15-12 HodgepodgeGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-9863412874655773492012-12-18T05:58:18.718-06:002012-12-18T05:58:18.718-06:00Interesting! I'll keep that in mind if I ever ...Interesting! I'll keep that in mind if I ever run across some completely mysterious failure. It's nice that you can use an ordinary oven for this.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-48019512527836117272012-12-18T00:15:47.152-06:002012-12-18T00:15:47.152-06:00There's a rather strange method of repairing c...There's a rather strange method of repairing circuit boards that I wonder if it would work as a preventative if done ever few years: heat the circuit board up in an oven up to the melting point of solder, to "re-flow" the solder on the entire board.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mother+board+oven+reflow+solder&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" rel="nofollow">Motherboard Solder Reflow</a><br /><br />I have a partially functioning R2D2 whose mainbaord I may need to do this treatment on.Seerakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04126614695040517202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-48818893252561417882012-12-15T09:31:44.592-06:002012-12-15T09:31:44.592-06:00Thanks.
Not only that, some environmentalist will...Thanks.<br /><br />Not only that, some environmentalist will find or invent an excuse to kneecap the new solution.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-64048178178696940362012-12-15T07:32:56.954-06:002012-12-15T07:32:56.954-06:00That's a great point regarding the solution to...That's a great point regarding the solution to the tin whiskers problem. I've heard environmentalists dismiss concerns about regulating technology on the grounds that people (usually) find a different solution. What they don't consider (or what they evade) is that the money, time, and effort that scientists and engineers expend on complying with regulations are resources that could have been spent on achieving something new, rather than scrambling to get back to square one.Andrew Daltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11001665674703307354noreply@blogger.com