Recent content by C0rnholio

There's always the matter of "image quality" if you consider going from the 305t to the Korean models. I haven't seen any of these Korean wonder-monitors that go around, ebay for dirt cheap. They look good on paper. However I am a photographer and I have seen the difference between a hi-end...

I can confirm that the soldering problem is also what caused the earlier revs of XBOX to screw up. This dude had A LOT of XBOX-es laying around with the same desoldering issue. Also some PS3s that develop the problem along with mainboards, video cards and of course A TON of laptops that needed...

So I got the "monster" back and boy oh boy - life's great in 30" and 2560 x 1600 again :) I simply can't believe what a huge difference this baby does compared to a shitty 19" Philips I borrowed from a neighbor these days. And it's not just the size and resolution - viewing photos on the small...

Following news... After the failed attempt with the oven, I decided to give it a last shot and found a guy in my town that does professional reballing. Now, a first condition of the guy to even attempt anything would be that the card should not be repaired or even tried to be repaired, but I...

So - after a second attempt at reflowing the board - it went completely dead. I tried 220C for 9 mins this time and seems that the board is now done. I have a feeling though that the wide plug that connects the board with the input board ( the one that has 2 "clips" on the sides ) might have...

According to an official Altera doc file found here : http://www.altera.com/literature/an/an353.pdf?GSA_pos=1&WT.oss_r=1&WT.oss=an353 "The lead-free alloy used for BGA solder balls has a melting point of 217°C. This alloy requires a minimum reflow temperature of 235°C to ensure good wetting...

Ok so I postponed the "cooking" because the blue stripes were only visible when the monitor was cold for some reason. They only showed up for the first 30-40 sec and then they were gone so I thought I'd be best to wait and use it as is. 1 week pasted, and now they won't go away - no matter how...

Well in this particular case ... we don't even want an "AS-NEW" condition since it came with the heating/design flaw problem from the factory :)) So any advice on how to place the board in the oven ? I got the 4 foil balls thing - but would it make a difference with it facing up or down ? Also...

Hi guys - sorry to report that the 305t I purchased less than 6 months ago started acting up yesterday. This seems to be the dreaded chip problem. Is there any chance that this could be the power supply caps or something else? The thing that baffles me is that this monitor already had a...

Ohh - one thing tho - this baby doesn't have it's original stand-foot. It's a crappy handmade thing which won't allow me to lift it - so I put 2 big book under it. Also looks like sh!t. Do you guys have ANY idea where I could find one original foot? Maybe someone with a bricked screen that...

Thanks for the answers. Right now I am enjoying life in 30" - still getting used to the animal but this is very very nice. Although there are some webpages that need a bit of zooming - it's all a matter of getting used to. Gaming on 30" on the other hand is simply ORGASMIC :D

So what are the symptoms of the caps going out entirely ?? How not to mistake the video chip getting screwed from the caps failing ?

Ok so I got the BigAssMother :)) Damn this is impressive and somewhat overwhelming coming from a 17" laptop. Seems that the mod was done nicely, there is a pretty wide heatsink on most of the board + a fan on top. All nice and tidy. The metal cage is not visible ( maybe he removed it completely...

Thanks for the answer. One stupid question tho - how to you test the temperature of the chip before/after the mod ?

Hey people ! Found a 305t for a good price. Looks like it has the mod heatsink + fan already made by the owner. I don't know much info about it's history, nor have I seen it in "person" to inspect exactly what kind of mod was done to it ( on the shield or on the chip itself ). My question is ...