First time trying to re-ball a Blue screen Nintendo Switch | Easy??

Thought it was time to try a re-ball on a blue screen Switch....

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[Dsbarrynl]

I have never seen this kind of reballing, amazing work although you weren't able to fix it! Loved watching it though!❤

[Andy-fuvp]

Nice attempt. I done my 1st cpu reball on a switch lite last week. Done it by hand and took bloody hours haha. There was a damaged pad under it so had to repair that 1st. It was a success!! Well chuffed. Not doing it by hand again lmao. Was also BSOD.

[hawkfeather]

Reballing looks really hard to get exactly right. Good job and good job on future attempts!

[MattFixesStuff]

I know its 7 months old and maybe you figured it out already. But you should use some infrared preheater and I'd suggest using balls instead of paste. I have way more success with them.
Also you didnt put any flux under the chip before you put it back. I'd put a medium amount of flux. (Too much and it floats somewhere where you dont want it and too little and it bridges.

It's not easy but essentially you're doing very well already.

Also after you soldered it on measure the caps next to ram and the ones on the CPU for shorts. If there is any direct shorts (0.2Ohm or less) the reball failed and you need to take the cpu off yet again.

[LCNitro]

"Links to items I use." i miss the board holder.

[lovedeathhatepoison]

well there is popcorning on the chip
you basicly killed the chip while you were removing it

that moisture dries itself you did not had to clean that it resulted in uneven balls
and finally check for shorts after any reball or reflow
the way you did this reball
it was physically getting sick
try to practice on the dead pc motherboards chipsets
they have identical dimensions
and use a pre heater under the board next time
use 390 for 1min
and 440 to 450 from distance to remove the chip
and use a pre heater to pre heat the board to atlest 180 200c
or you will kill every other reball too!!

[enteranon]

From Bluescreen to Blackscreen😂No Pretty good for the first time. I practiced on old notebook circuit boards and destroyed a lot of them. 480C is way too much, you just get popcorn. It's best to work with a preheater and heat the board to 150C from below and then heat from above to max 300C, preferably 250-270C

[dosdoktor]

Once it's exfoliated, there's nnothing you can do. It either still works (very rarely) or it does not. The CPU substrates have solder too, if you heat them too much, they expand, letting that solder out eventually. Looks kind of peculiar and I strongly believe that you rushed out the process, as I have used 550C in the past, for GPUs, but that was towards end of life, and the layers were very thick, and even so, it doesn't allow you to do it too often. The substrate will eventually fail.

[hussamsms]

What is the name of the device you are using to test the power of the Nintendo Switch?

[johncarr]

good effort, reballing is a nightmare

[bihtronik]

You have Popcorn efect, you have no conttrol of temp. Is to high, and you don't observe MSL

[seanshay]

bluescreen doesnt always mean reballing is necessary that is a myth. i have seen it happen to switch after mod kit install to oled when cable not soldered correctly. always go wire installation dont use cable

[duelgio]

I have the same board holder as you, it has its good and bad. THE BAD IS THAT IF YOU DONT LOOK WHERE THE BOARD SITS ON THE HOLDER THERE WILL BE PARTS (AKA SMD ) GET KNOCKED OFF !! . I only noticed this after the 2nd board I worked on and sure enough its the exact same spot, on this time I was lucky and able to find it on my mat and solder it back. Look around the edge of your board for missing components. I was missing a diode in mines.

[ronaldbalusdan]

you over cook it that s the cause of bubbles on the chip

[seanshay]

the odds i think are good that a bad modkit install was tryed and removed from the switch. that caused the blue screen. it really looks like power charging chips may have shorts

[benmadiyanis]

next time try to do every step more clean more precize cover the rams reduce the aire of your heat gun and work very slowly you should cary about any 1 ball on the cpu

[J]

I dont have yellow tape can i use foil instead

[Jetsfan]

Great try dont let it m this stop you, next time try not too use so much high heat

[franciscopacheco]

Le faltan muchos condensadores al chip 😅😅

[khirobey]

I think 480c is way too much :(, the best for reball is preheat the board and use less heat with the gun.
Nice try, keep going 👍