Quote from: davecoin on July 05, 2013, 04:06:11 PM

Quote from: BitCointransfers on July 05, 2013, 03:53:45 PM

It's quite obvious the chips were desoldered, look at the state of those solder pads! Why are there no power caps or power connector installed? Also what kind of test bed is this... circuit board sitting on a sheet of paper? ever hear of ESD and what it can do to high density ASICS? Glad I didn't fall for this... Good Luck all

Yeah, the solder does not look like it's fresh at all. Does that happen (the bubbling and deformation) in a reflow oven if there aren't any ICs on the pads?

I'm going to bet that circuit board is pooched. Looks like a manual chip removal with iron and wick was performe... Those pads look like they are all shorted now.