Quote from: Blisk on June 02, 2014, 06:10:05 AM

It is more problem to get chips off than on.
When you solder you need a sharp point on and using magnifier, it is hard to do, but with some experiences it is not that hard.
If you never did that than it is not for you.

I've had a soldering iron in my hand since before I was of a reasonable age to be using one. That said, I grew up working on electronics long before SMD were available, let alone mainstream. Back then, when you bought a 'computer' it was more like buying an unassembled arduino kit now. You built the whole thing, soldering your components by hand, then wrote your own programs in assembly or copied it out of some magazine.

My point is, I have plenty of experience working on circuit boards, just not with SMD components. I'm quite sure it isn't beyond me. The time I was speaking about with the SMD I was working on was a decade or more ago. Back then I couldn't have purchased new solder tips, let alone a rework station even if I had known they existed. Most jobs, including this one are tremendously easier with the proper tools -- and less caffeine.

Quote from: styson on June 03, 2014, 01:58:36 PM

You can just use 0 Ohm resistors in their place or bridge it with 2-3mm thick of solder.

You might consider adding a ferrite core on the supply wires if you opt with using resistors on the board. Just bridging with solder could add a considerable amount of inductance, and causing EM noise problems down the road, and I believe that to be a bad idea. This may not present as a failed blade, and may instead just limit your ability to ramp up the proc frequency because of HW errors due to unstable supply.