Motherboard Soldering

[Zig~Zag]

Hello,

I have a MSI K7N420Pro board with bad Lelon caps all over the board. It will not boot up. Totally shuts down after 5 seconds.
I have read up on how to replace the capacitors. I just need to know if what Iron to use. I found a great deal on a Weller Portasol PSI 100 Butane Soldering Iron.
Will that work?

Thanks,
z~z

[MDS]

You would be better off using a good temp controlled soldering iron such as a Weller WESD51 (http://www.wassco.com/wewedisost.html) such as I have. There are cheaper models that control temp of the tip but I have had great luck with my weller. also use a desolder bulb not chem-wix as chem-wix heats the board up to much and will make the traces come of the board then it reely gets hard reforming traces.

[Mntsnow]

It will work but you will want to make sure you use a fine tip so not to make a mess during the soldering

[Zig~Zag]

Thanks for the advice!
I am debating wether or not I want to repair it myself :confused:

That WESD51 is close to the price of a new board. ;)

I emailed Gary Headlee about repairing it.
He never replied. He still in the motherboard repairing business? :confused:

Thanks,
z~z

[MRCOMPUTER]

Its not that hard to do. The investment is minimal.
I picked up a cheap soldering pencil and desolder vacumn tool from Radio Shack couple of years ago.

They have been more than adequate to do the job...:D