Originally Posted by
NobleMetalWorks
it might also be possible that some components heated up hot enough to cause the solder to melt away from the contacts, but I don't think heating it up again would have fixed that problem, but make it worse instead.
Anyway, thanks for the tip, great point, I hope other people post about the method it seems like it would have merit and value.
Scott
A lot of the problems I see when looking at electronics is just what Noble suggested, the manufacturers are using cheap components. They use cheap capacitors, cheap fuses, cheap mosfets, cheap resistors, ect.. which are not rated at a high enough temp and quickly fail. These will burn the board and even blow holes in the boards when they pop. While I have seen my share of bad solder joints (which are visible), most of the failures I commonly see are bad components.
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