Those caps look as if they didn't get much flux, and knocked-off fairly easy, and clean. Most of The caps in the pics look like they would solder right back on. Most of the components which came loose look re-usable even, although some look like garbage. The boards are pretty beefy, and the solder points are large. I bet a good portion of the PCB's could be fixed with minimal effort, while others are not.
Someone should head up a group buy effort, and hire a bulk repair shop to whip them out. once they see how simple the repairs actually are, it may be worth the effort... just sayin'.
some place like this.... http://sybesmas.com/site/ could make easy work of a stack of those boards
Someone should head up a group buy effort, and hire a bulk repair shop to whip them out. once they see how simple the repairs actually are, it may be worth the effort... just sayin'.
some place like this.... http://sybesmas.com/site/ could make easy work of a stack of those boards
I have a local guy who did just that for me. He works out of his house but dude is totally awesome and fixed 5 boards for me (re soldered the knocked off pieces) all in an hours time. 4 out of the 5 cards worked and hashed just fine, Don't know what happened to the last one. Just never powered up. I can see if I can work out a deal with him if anyone wants to have their boards fixed. Price seemed fair @ $40.00 per board...
The 'fixing the boards' might be the easy part.
I claim to posess the skills to repair them also.
There are people who like to solder everywhere.
The issue is trust, hand carry local and trust is high.
Ship them anywhere and shit could get out of hand easily.
I'd want a working board for my efforts, but I know what the potential is, where a local lab rat may not.
Even though I'd love to even get a few hours hands on on a Nov board I recommend a local 'while you wait' repair if possible.
I suggest avoiding dudes making claims on threads!
(yes that includes me)
YMMV
