Hey Moe, these Pipes is fulla Wires!

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One of today's tasks: Resurrecting some functional toshiba laptops out of a pile of units with various issues. As a test of my skill, i attempted to remove and transplant a surface-mount TSSOP-package MAX3243 serial port transceiver, using only a standard 40-watt Weller pencil iron.

Using a heat-gun to pull it off the dead donor motherboard was pretty much the easy part. Resoldering it to the board under repair was a much more delicate operation; as the pins are only 1/100" wide, spaced 1/100" apart, 14 per side.



Result: laptop now has a functional serial port; no more 'Unrecognized Packet Error' messages.

Today has been one of those days where i enjoy what i do.