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[aaamusements]

One of the most questionable and baffling fruit machine repair ideas I've ever heard of.

Perhaps I'm out of touch...

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[vectra666]

be careful you don,t scorch your plums on opening the door though lol.

[richy1976]

People used to do with xbox360 boards.

[aaamusements]

People used to do with xbox360 boards.

With limited success I imagine, once they'd baked the moisture out of any electrolytic capacitors I would expect there to be plenty of problems stored up for the future.

[unclechicken]

If you do it properly yes, just don't use your household oven lol

 

https://en.wikipedia...iki/Reflow_oven

[aaamusements]

Indeed, every article I've read states that DIY reflow is a method of last resort for a board which is otherwise beyond redemption...

But seriously gas mark 8!! (do people still have gas ovens??)
That's around about 230 degrees centigrade which is enough to mess up a number of types of plastics, and goodness knows what else on a board.

[TommyC]

I still have a gas oven,electric and fan assisted ovens are poo.

[chasnbons]

I still have a gas oven,electric and fan assisted ovens are poo.

 

I agree, can't beat gas for baking... cakes not boards though lol

[nails]

at first i laughed out loud and thought `what a f*uck-tard`.......

 

but then i though its not actuallly that bad - providing you dont melt it on a high heat.

 

A few days ago i was repairing a sony laptop. after removing all the parts and checking i put it doen to dry joints in a particular area and used a hairdryer on max to heat up the affected area.

 

it worked a treat for a  few days and then repeated its errors.

 

putting a MB in the oven is not as crazy as it sounds - providing your heating it up and not burning it to a crisp.

I still have a gas oven,electric and fan assisted ovens are poo.

horses for courses.

 

ive got a fan assisted top oven and cook a roast for 8 every week wit great success.  My hob is induction ans is instant like gas.

[shaun2097]

ive shoved a few dead graphics cards in the oven in my time...somtimes it worked, other times it didnt.

 

done a few PS3 boards as well....but as stated here...as a last resort only!!

[rexer]

i saw a ps3 board being put in the oven and it seemed to work, pretty sure they put the board in some sort of bag first