Ok so I am a pc nerd.....have been since well.....erm....since the days of the BBC Micro and other such antiquated machines. So I am at the point where I am ready to take the next logical step and repair the hardware and not just the software issues as I have been for many years.
So I grabbed my old laptop that died on me due to my missus tripping over the power lead and destroying the DC jack.
I watch a few vids......seems simple enough....I had done a bit of soldering at school so I picked up a few bits. A nice Duratool desoldering gun and an Atten 8586 hot air rework station.
I watched tonnes of youtube vids while waiting for Mr Fed Ex including Dave's soldering tutorials....so I am pretty confident.
I get some old broken optical mouses and practice.....Awesome!! solder.....desolder....solder again....no prob.
So I pull out my laptop mobo.....try to desolder....not happening.....it's soldered on both sides. So I google and they recommend I snip the legs and clear the holes out after. Which I succeed.....but NOTHING and I mean NOTHING will let me clear the solder holes out.......I have tried everything short of buying a dremmel.......
Help me please before I pull my hair out
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