I think if you use a good no-clean flux (sufficient amount) the risk is minimal. If you aren’t confident (totally relate) then maybe skip it, but the initial concern of further damage to the chip by the process is probably less concern than the result of the most common denominator: human error.
If something can be damaged, a human can probably find a way to damage it.
I was just looking at some rework stations and I have to assume the difference between a $40 station and a $400 station is pretty big, just not sure what exactly differs. I assume that it’s the precision of temperature and precision of the tool. Maybe also reliability over time, but not sure what the other factors are.
Maybe also the interface (how you control temperature and cooldown, etc.) because that could make a big difference in user experience.
I read it first:
If something can be damaged, a human can probably find a way to undamage it.
yeah, usually not the same human that did the original damage unfortunately 
Hey! I’m going to start flagging all these polite post. This ain’t the place for that shit!
I like Ableton but… what the hell! Is it possible to use a DAW without some fu****g issue?
This is my situation:
What the hell may I do more?
Today I plug my electric guitar and Ableton start to go mad: the CPU usage goes to random values beetween 100% and 250% causing an hell of buzzing. Never happened before. I start trying to find the cause of the problem, loosing a lot of time.
At the end I discover that everything turn fine if I plug out PC’s power supply: with battery Ableton works very well.
What a hell! This is the reason why I hate DAWs… every firmware update is a pain in the ass, bad surprises at every corner, misterious issues that can be randomly caused by plenty of hardware or software factors.
I’m bored…
May I use my DAW with a fucking power supply plugged in? Please?
Are you using a laptop? Mentioning the battery and power supply has me thinking you are. If that’s the case, have you checked your power management settings? Your laptop may have some very weird power settings causing it to run at less than full capability when plugged in. Normally it’s the other way around it uses less power when unplugged, but stranger things have happened.
Its mad frustrating when i gotta suffer a loss of memes cause people decide “well im just gonna take October off…”
Yes, I’m using a laptop: I’ll check power management settings, thank you.
this is the perfect thread for my bitchin’, I have a Hakko 808 and i’ve field stripped the damn thing a bajillion times and it’s not getting proper vacuum that I can tell. Replaced parts when necessary, I even bought a hot air rework station since the other drove me nuts.
And I bought the 808 because I’ve been trying to practice desoldering to get some shit off my workbench and I’ve already delaminated a board from bad timing and copper braid 
UPS
(Message too short, but it needs no further explanation)
I see your UPS and raise it with German DHL
May I introduce USPS?
honestly I’ve had much better experience with USPS then anything from German DHL.
longest delivery times (months!), packaging destroyed 90% of the times, just horrible, and for some reason every damn shop I bought from only offered this, also the German amazon sends only this method
I’m just salty I’ve had a string of things just kind of disappear once they hit California this year.
those gits that are in the “your latest purchase” thread posting the thing they got yesterday…and today they are dorking out about the next piece of gear that isnt even real yet…
for example…
I’ve opened the resignation tool at my job every day this week, and then closed it when I had to share my screen during a meeting. It’s so stressful that I’m losing sleep, unable to maintain my interest in any of my hobbies, aren’t eating as much, and it is only getting worse. A shrinking team, an expanding set of responsibilities, tight deadlines, and project managers who specialize in making things worse via miscommunication. In the last 2 weeks I’ve had to learn to test several entirely new proprietary programs that I’d never even seen before. The old point of contact for one of them was laid off last month without being able to set up time to teach me how to do it. There’s no documentation on it. Another program’s point of contact is laid off tomorrow. She has tried to teach me but it’s a lot to learn. I have to lead live testing events with the client. This stuff is critical software and due to other projects, the tests have to go right the first time. High priority and high visibility.
Everyone else on my team is in the same position right now, but it’s so draining. I worry that I don’t have skills to get a different job if I quit (no degree, experience is almost entirely in one particular niche within one company’s software suite, mostly non-technical end-user-level stuff. No true technical knowledge). My job and title actually don’t pay particularly well at tother companies, on the rare occasion my job actually exists. The tech job market here in the US is absolute ass right now unless you’re the best at what you do, and I’m nowhere near the best. My job also - usually - allows me to truly turn off after my shift. I only ever work 40 hours except for rare occasions. A lot of other jobs in my sector aren’t as respectful of work-life balance, and it’s something I value greatly. My managers are also incredible and do their best to make this suck less, but there’s only so much they can do. All of the above makes quitting very terrifying.
I’m stuck in a loop of being stressed while working, and then catastrophizing in my free time. It’s not healthy. My partner and I are formulating a plan, but everything is so daunting right now.
Stay strong, my friend. It’s sounds like a hard time.
