[gdpgreg]

Dave from EEVblog does that a lot, found a new fancy 4k TV in the trash, managed to fix it by reflowing a single chip, works like a charm now.

[rasz]

no he didnt, he managed to destroy the mainboard by doing his _first reflow ever_ without any kind of preparation, and later fixed that TV by replacing all the electronics inside

[grogenaut]

I'd say we got good content out of it so it was a bigger win than getting a tv.

[rasz]

Entertainer, definitely not a fixer. Here is a good list of people actually repairing stuff:

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/interesting-youtube-repa...

[Majromax]

Unless there's been an update since EEVBlog #1154, he identified that the faulty part was bad solder on a single chip, but he screwed up the reflow. Presuming nothing else was damaged in the process (such as via a hypothetical power pin short), the chip would need to be re-balled and replaced.