4) Upon receipt, Logic board will be inspected to verify if board has been reworked, or if any other damage is present.
5) Once video chip is reflowed or reballed we will contact you for payment information.
6) First Phase Tech accepts all major credit cards, Google Checkout and Paypal. Payment by check is also accepte but shipment will be delayed until check is deposited and clears.
7) Return shipping to continental US is $12 and will be shipped by USPS Flat Rate Priority shipping.
Apple Ibook/Powerbook Repair: Causes,
Symptoms and Solutions offered:
G3/Laptop Logic
Boards: Most common defects on the Apple iBook G3, G4 Powerbook, Thinkpad and other model failures are
periodic stress fractures on the video BGA that cause video failure.
Using X-Ray and our BGA-1000 inspection scope,we have identified that
there are inconsistent sized solder joint fractures beneath the
device. Inconsistent solder paste volume during the manufacture of
the logic board results in stress not being distributed evenly (the
smaller, lower mass solder joints take on the majority of the
expansion stress which over time causes them to fracture).
G4 Logic
Boards: The Apple G4 Logic board failures exhibit the same
thermal/mechanical stress fractures to the video BGA mentioned above,
but in addition, have a history of fractured solder joints on SOIC
devices affecting the video circuit. As part of our G4 service, First
Phase Technologies will re-solder each pin on these devices whether
we can visually see a fracture or not.
(G4 fractures on
SOIC device) (Suspect BGA device )
To date we have
successfully repaired well over 500 of these now for various
customers providing our BGA chip reflow service. Our first repaired
units have been in operation for over a year with no reoccurrence of
the problem. Please note that this service may only be an interim
solution. We’d like to believe that our reflow soldering is
more focused and effective than the OEM’s, (providing you a
permanent, long term repair), however, reflowing the device does not
correct severely inconsistent paste printing by the OEM that built
the logic board. The only way to correct that is by re-balling the
device, which we can offer for the “Rage” type ATI chip,
but not on those with the memory devices on top of the GPU. The yield
on reball of those is approx %50 since they are not robust enough to
handle the reballing process. You can contact us for more information.
NOTE:
Prior to sending us your logic board for repair, please note that we
do not functionally test or diagnose this manufacturing defect. That
is the responsibility of the customer. FPT recommends that you hook
up an external monitor to your laptop to verify that you have have a
problem with the GPU circuitry. If your external monitor performs
correctly, you have a bad display and our service will not correct
that.
