Comment Re:Hair drier technique is common (Score 1) 304
Yup.
about 4 years ago I used a paint stripping heat gun to fix my t41 which commonly had problems with the bga mounted ati graphics module. The motherboard would flex causing a contact to fail.
stripped it down followed a youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I think.
I applied a bit of pressure to the module with a screw driver before carrying out the cool down part and to my surprise it has worked perfectly ever since. It