Reballing Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 DUAL-X -- R9 280X GPU With Homemade BGA Rework Station

[@0mnisense]

You deserve round of applause for the level technical wizardry that goes into your videos, not many folks appreciate Support and troubleshooting work as they do not see the incredible process behind it

[@z3r0x777]

Let me say that this is the most absolute Bad Ass DYI setup I ever seen, keep up the Great Work! I will stay tuned to learn and maybe in the future I will be able to replicate this!!!! Amazing work.

[@NikTelio]

Hello and thank you for your nice comment, to learn reballing you need a little patience and practice, i destroyed many boards trying to learn reballing and i'm still learning :/

[@dalieu_Gaming]

I have watched lots of videos of people disassembling graphics cards and heat gunning their GPUs, but this is the only channel I have seen someone desolder a GPU and then reball it on a homemade reballing station. This video is amazing and I am impressed (and I'm not easily impressed). Huge respect to your abilities.

[@plaguedoct0r]

Me: "How the F are you going to re-solder that without expensive machinery??!" _Whips out stencil and premade solder balls_ Me: "Damn son, now that's why I watch these videos"

[@Maxximilian]

Such an underrated video ! I wonder how much did you spend to make such a wonderful device? Is that a satellite receiver box used? :)

[@quackchung]

Very educational. Thank for taking the time to show us all Nik.

[@JR-zw2vb]

This is not a repair. This is a work of art! wow.

[@snowstar3560]

You guys want to know how to prevent BGA balls from cracking or detaching on a GPU? Just water cool the card or get a massive heatsink or save and spend a bit more on third-party GPU with beefy coolers, that way you avoid the condition that causes the aforementioned problem and reballing in the first place, thermal cycle/stress.

[@Ronb008]

respect for your skills, these go above mine at the moment, great job and keep going!

[@kosthsftw6426]

Αδερφέ έχω δει ποσά βίντεο σου και βλέπω εδώ ελληνικά windows και λέω Πατριωτης και ταλενταρα συνέχισε έτσι μαθαίνουμε ωραία πράγματα 😃😃😃

[@lazycarper7925]

this is next level good ,im mezmerised by your skill, you should be called jedi telio

[@NikTelio]

may the force be with you :)

[@mypeeps1965]

That was fun! Your work is wonderful...More please!

[@NikTelio]

Thank you :)

[@DrExp-kn9oo]

Really relaxing and fun to watch. Keep up the good work! Hope to see more in the future =)

[@NikTelio]

Thank you :)

[@AmirKhan-qx2lr]

Beautiful work sir. Looking at this and your earlier work i see you've improved your process and now use kapton (or similar) tape on the surrounding chips :)

[@NikTelio]

i try my best :)

[@mikecounter0]

Man!, i clicked a random video and i get in here, what an excellent work, congratulation, good as new!. Suscribed.

[@NikTelio]

Thank you :)

[@sleepybunnynorbun1039]

Oddly entertaining and satisfying. But how did I even end up here in the first place. Auto playing tech reviews and suddenly this XD

[@SODA-iz8lc]

Hi Nik, yet another great job you did here. Thanks for sharing.

[@NikTelio]

Thank you :)

[@dtsparadox]

Very relaxing and satisfying. Good work.

[@IGBeTix-Electronique]

More and more companies are selling bga, usefull video.

[@chrisb1352]

Nice work dude! Where did you gt the balling template?

[@ziadfawzi]

Very nice work. Thanks for sharing.

[@MrLukealbanese]

Nik, these videos are fantastic. Let me ask you though, is there a reason that you prefer the solder balls to using solder paste with the stencils?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, using solder paste seems to me like sloppy work :/

[@MrLukealbanese]

@@NikTelio but isn't that what they use in the factories?

[@NikTelio]

@@MrLukealbanese if i had a robotic bga machine then i would also use the solder paste if this is what they use to add balls on the chip, doing this procedure by hand would be sloppy in my opinion.

[@MrLukealbanese]

@@NikTelio fair enough

[@ironnokana6760]

Your video is the only one im looking for,other video shown they have rebailed but it doesnt show installing driver,otherwise your video shown with driver installed proof ;3(sry bad english)

[@NikTelio]

Hi, even a bad graphics card can run without drivers, only with drivers installed you can test the gpu, i test many graphics cards on my pc , it has many drivers already installed both nvidia and amd, my gpu is a nvidia gtx 670 reballed 1,5 years ago

[@ironnokana6760]

Nik Telio agree,abd does your gtx 670 is still working now ? Because i would try to do rebail at home also is possible to fix gpu,have you ever failed when rebail gpu ?

[@NikTelio]

yes still working but not all reballed gpu's work that long, it is difficult to reball without any experience and more difficult to reball big size chips, try to reball a few smaller chips first so you can learn, when i was trying to learn reballing i destroyed many boards, to do this repair successfully you need a lot of practice :)

[@ironnokana6760]

Nik Telio oh thank for tips i want to try unfortunately i dont have the equipment that can generate 200c like yours

[@NikTelio]

if you don't have the equipment then try to do a reflow it is easier, you need only a heatgun and some flux if you have

[@erionrista]

Bravo re palikari, wraia douleia

[@NikTelio]

ευχαριστώ

[@stanleypaul1381]

Amazing !! What kind of lint-free anti-static wipes do you use to clean the residue?

[@NikTelio]

i use these polyester wipes that i got on ebay www.ebay.com/itm/224645667266?hash=item344decd9c2:g:4ygAAOSw-gNhZpTo

[@JonnyBrek]

Hi Nik!! Thanks for the video!!

[@NikTelio]

Hi Jonny, did you build your bga rework station ?

[@JonnyBrek]

Nik Telio Hi Nik!! I realized the 2 mm aluminum frame. I have to assemble the heating plates and everything now. It will take a bit 'of time. I post a link these days with photos. 😉

[@salsabilhana9445]

you are really a pro Nik, salute.. by the way why you have to remove the stencil while it still hot, what happen if we remove it when become cool, does it will sticky? (from my experience before) or any reason?

[@NikTelio]

Hi Nina, if you let it get cold the burned flux will act like glue and it would be impossible to remove the stencil

[@ThomasMehiar]

Excellent!

[@carlosmorgan8123]

Without word just amazing. How much for that work ?

[@kavan8888]

I have the same exact problem with the exact same card. Works ok, after loading drivers, get a black screen. Before the issue happened, it was running ok until I saw some green artificats, so restarted the PC and faced the issue.

[@NikTelio]

Hi, you should try this reflow method kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIabZaR9iMl4Y9U

[@robihidayat7055]

respect bro, good job

[@mosfet6402]

Hi, first I want to say congratulation for the fine job, my question is about which temperatures are suggested to don't damage the pad traces, I have tried yesterday from the first time a reballing and I have damaged the pad in different points, in your video is the Video card at Ambient temperature or pre heated ?? And yor Tip at which temp works??? Hope to hear from your before destroy other gpu pads trying to remove the soldering :(

[@NikTelio]

Hello, the soldering iron temperature is 285C , the reason why i use low temp is to avoid damage the pads and the solder mask and not to burn up the flux, but at this low temp it is impossible to melt the solder because the pcb absorbs all the temp of the soldering iron, this is why i don't remove the pcb form the bga station, i activate the bottom heater and let it heat up to 150-200C (bottom heater temp not pcb temp) to preheat the pcb and then i start removing the solder, without the help of the bottom heater i would have to rise the temp of my soldering iron up to 400C to melt and remove the solder but this will destroy the pads and the solder mask and would make the pcb useless.

[@mosfet6402]

@@NikTelio Pratically the error I have made yesterday, you are very gentle to answer to my question, ok so i will do the same, preheater on the bottom with about 180-200 Celsius (this means that the temperature of the PCB should be on the 100 Celsius) and the tip wit 285 Celsius. Hope i'm not bothering you but I want ask also about the process of soldering remove from the Chip, I have seen that you put the chip only on this blocking mechanism without any preheater, and the solder wide Tip in this case is always set at 285 Celsius or more??? Thank you in advance for the answer.

[@NikTelio]

as you see i don't preheat the chip, as it is a small component, when starting to remove the solder of the chip you see that i start slowly allowing the chip to heat up, i wait about a minute while touching the soldering iron on the chip giving it time to heat up, the tip temp is 285C but sometimes i press the boost button and it goes up to 315C if needed, it would be easier if you preheat a little the chip if you think that your soldering iron does not have enough power to do the job, many who try to reball make this mistake , they see that the iron can't do the job and they choose to rise the iron temp up to 400C or more instead of preheating the pcb or the chip and this damages the components, a preheater is a very important tool,

[@xXBobbyXx86]

How did you install those blower fans on the vrm and the northbridge?? That is a cool mod.

[@ClaudioFontachannel]

thanks very detailed and complete video. how many watts the power of iron for cleaning the pads?

[@NikTelio]

Hi, the wide tip soldering iron is 70 watt

[@ClaudioFontachannel]

thanks friend

[@valentinbontea529]

Are you doing this for clients? How much do you charge for this?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, i do this as a hobby

[@valentinbontea529]

@@NikTelio Nice Hobby! Thank you for your answer. I have one of those video cards which started to go bad couple of mounts ago. Now is not starting. I'm wondering if still worth fixing it.

[@NikTelio]

you can try this kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIabZaR9iMl4Y9U

[@Joligo60]

Hello Nik, how are you? I really appreciate your videos. I would like to ask about the profile you use. I believe that your profile sets some target temperatures and that to reach them you use different ramps. How many seconds do you stay in each target temperature reached? or you go straight from room temperature to the final profile temperature. Hugs. (I'm in Brazil).

[@NikTelio]

Hello, it is very hard to follow exactly the temp profile when using dark infrared panels, they heat up slowly and if you cut the power they keep emitting heat because the ceramic stores heat and you get a temp overshoot, after many tests decided to just preheat the bottom heater to 150-200°C and set the target pcb temp to 210°C (for leaded solder) and then start the profile, that is why the profile is lineal, when the bottom heater reaches 300°C it stays there and the top heater continues to heat up to reach the target pcb temp, when i reach the liquid state i stay there for about 30 seconds and then i start cooldown, by using a digital power regulator for the top heater i lowered the power to 38% and by doing this after about 4 minutes i reach the target pcb temp, i know that this is not optimal rework profile but with this diy bga rework station is the best what i can do. Greetings from Greece :)

[@Joligo60]

thanks for answering.

[@PixelByte]

oo my god man you are the best seriously!!!!!!!!!! i have one question!!reballing is fix dead card???και εισαι Ελληνας?ειδα το desktop σου απο εκει χαχα!Πραγματικα φοβερος!

[@NikTelio]

Hi, reballing is to fix BGA related problems (broken solder joints) , many graphics cards stop working because of this, you can watch this video for more info kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnLFeqGueZqIl7s Ευχαριστώ :)

[@welmy20]

Podia passar o passo a passo como montar uma máquina dessa aqui no Brasil a máquina de reballing é muito cara muito mané

[@andrechism]

Welmy MarinhO Tô doido pra montar uma dessa hahaha

[@EduardoAraujo-oi3mf]

André Aragão Também estou.. hehee..

[@dedinaldosilva5518]

iai consegui monta ?

[@welmy20]

Pois é cara também tenho muita vontade mas não sei por onde começar

[@welmy20]

Pelo que eu vi ele tá usando alguma coisa tá usando algumas programações de Arduino se eu não me engano e algum sucata de DVD alguns cores de notebook

[@MrDeathtower]

this is based visual asmr

[@mariopic]

do u poke the gpu when balls start to melt or do u let it set on its own or do u gice it a light tap on top of chip on all 4 corners

[@NikTelio]

The gpu does not need any poking, i poke the chip just to show you that the solder has melted, poking does not help with the soldering process and you could create bridges between solder balls if you do that.

[@Framax-dt2el]

wow respect

[@motorsdetailing1924]

Thanks for tutorial! where do you buy chip masks and how do you look for them? :) Thanks! :)

[@NikTelio]

Hi, on the bga chip you will find a chip code (example, nvidia: G86-635-A2 amd: 216-0810028) search this code on ebay and you will find the stencil you need, and on the stencil you will find the ball size. i buy the stencils here www.ebay.de/usr/see-ic

[@motorsdetailing1924]

@@NikTelio really thank you, and instead to solder the bga and the balls on the chip, which flux do you recommend that doesn't cost too much? Thanks again

[@NikTelio]

the amtech 559 is a good flux

[@spidermcgavenport]

Have you had the opportunity to reball reflow an MSI manufactured gpu, because I'd have a hard time believing that MSI would need this level of repair.

[@GeorgeGeorge-xj2bc]

One question about the upper heating temperature.Maybe 225 celsius in needed the solder to melt but these boards are monsters and the chip is under metal casing so i never have managed to desolder a chip in that temperature without going up to 260 C or little more in many cases.Machine is IR6000.

[@NikTelio]

Hello, i avoid reball or reflow chips that have a heatspreader, is difficult to follow the temp profile and need much more heat to desolder and solder the chip, normally you should remove the heatspreader before starting the repair but this is difficult and you could damage the chip. About the ir6000, some people have modified the bottom heater because it was weak, they removed the glass and raised the ceramic heater a few centimeters so it can deliver more heat to the board.

[@GeorgeGeorge-xj2bc]

In many cases i put the motherboard directly in the bottom heating plates and i used a professional heating gun even in the high scale and feel that the chip solders almost melted.The pcb itself acts as a heat spreader so the temperature profiles are something very relative.

[@octaviobj]

The new suscriptor.

[@paulb4uk]

Nice work.

[@ehgawshee1]

Hi do you fix broken gpu if shipped?

[@kurtstone1272]

Did you make a How To tutorial?

[@abcdefghabcdedfg2342]

What is the BGA station?

[@RidvanKahveci]

Where do u buy direct heat stencils??

[@NikTelio]

here www.ebay.com/usr/see-ic?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

[@carlosandres8974]

what kind of foil tape do you use

[@NikTelio]

aluminium tape

[@efcoolefcool7082]

Молодец , всё сделал четко !

[@bulancicz578]

4:28 Where were looking for rubber as gluten? :)

[@Limeayy]

where do you find the stencils for the bga video cards

[@NikTelio]

Hi, i buy the stencils on ebay

[@agentesel]

Muito bom meu amigo...

[@brunoin6183]

Good Morning! I made a machine, it controls the temperature alone. I isolated the surrounding components. With aluminum foil. The reballing was perfect. But not the video. The pc doesn't even recognize that it has a d card

[@NikTelio]

perhaps the reballing was not perfect, i have done many reballings and i can say that it is not easy to do a perfect job.

[@rewtaah]

This is something new, both my gfx cards are black screen. How much? Take my money! 👍👍

[@NikTelio]

Hello, sorry to hear about your graphics cards, i do this repair as a hobby, i don't own a repair shop, i think you can revive the graphics cards by doing a reflow, you can use a kitchen oven for this repair

[@pablojet2]

nice work my friend , by the way , i try the reflow thin, and the capacitors of hte video card just exploded xd ... you must do a video for the reflow thing , thanks

[@NikTelio]

Hello, i will make a reflow video using a heatgun, i don't like the oven reflow much

[@NikTelio]

Reflow graphics card with a heatgun : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIabZaR9iMl4Y9U

[@kev090997]

how many times /10 is the problem with the chip itself rather than the soldering?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, i mainly reball laptops and in most cases the soldering is the problem. The graphics cards chips are under a lot of stress because of high performance they also produce much heat and with this repeated cycle the chip or the bga will eventually fail, some chip series are known to have problems and they don't last long, to repair the graphics card you need to replace the chip.

[@LizzieBeezie]

Oh i have the same GPU and same problem. You think it needs reballing or there might be another solution for it?

[@NikTelio]

you could try the reflow trick , it is easier, watch this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIabZaR9iMl4Y9U

[@LizzieBeezie]

@@NikTelio I could try but i don't have the correct equipment sadly :(

[@abdelkadernour8396]

My amd shows green lines on screen ? What the problem pls ? is reballing the right solution ?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, watch this video about why Graphics cards die kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnLFeqGueZqIl7s and this video is about the repair kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIabZaR9iMl4Y9U

[@abdelkadernour8396]

Thnx ☺☺☺

[@SurvivalSquirrel]

How do you know that this needs to be done and not something else?

[@NikTelio]

Hi, when a graphics card stops working in most cases the bga is the problem or sometimes the chip itself is bad and needs to be replaced(when there is no other visual cause), to inspect the bga and chip you need an XRAY machine and a bga scope but none of us have these tools, we do the reballing and most of the time it works :)

[@pedrogudino]

good video, a question that number of stencils or template. Greetings from venezuela

[@NikTelio]

Hello, 215-0821060

[@moss8448]

yeah my DualX R9 280 (although it IS a rebranded 7950) doesn't have both names on it..never have seen a card rebranded and have BOTH names on it.

[@matiasspesot7884]

What thermal paste did you used

[@NikTelio]

i use the ceramique 2 and renew it once a year

[@matiasspesot7884]

@@NikTelio thank you!

[@jairoquick]

Hello nik, any idea where to find that stencil?

[@NikTelio]

Hi, www.ebay.com/itm/Stencil-Template-HD7990-215-0821060-215-0821065-215-0821056-215-0821302/182841142885?hash=item2a922e6e65:g:xRcAAOSwh2RZ6W8l

[@jairoquick]

Will this stencill work in a 270x too? thanks for the answer

[@NikTelio]

for 280x yes, 270x needs this one 215-0735003 www.ebay.com/itm/215-0828062-215-0798006-216-0811000-216-0811030-215-0735003-Stencil-Template/172333052824?hash=item281fd9b398:g:umQAAOxyQ45Q--5l

[@cristophera.j.pchavezherre3376]

@@NikTelio hi my brother Stencil for Gtx 750 ti and RX 580, thanks

[@mikecounter0]

One question man, what app you use to see FPS+GPUtemp+ etc in game?

[@NikTelio]

Hello, i'm using MSI Afterburner and River Tuner Statistics Server

[@MrShmotz]

After 10 min of watching. I have NO clue what’s goin on.. lol but I’m lookin to purchase another R9 280 n crossfire.. is it possible to 3 way these cards if I buy an additional gpu?? N if so what size PSU should I have??

[@mohammaddebes7681]

How do you come to the solid conclusion that a graphics card needs BGA rework?

[@NikTelio]

i didn't , the problem is usually on the bga or on the chip, i reball it and if the repair is not successful then then i would replace the chip

[@zebilalicorne4291]

Did you change the chip ?

[@NikTelio]

Hi, i reballed the chip, i did not change it

[@gableroni]

cool

[@Mamtorad]

Cont a use it pcb cleaner?

[@NikTelio]

you can also use a pcb cleaner

[@feitosafilho]

Muito bom

[@elpre11]

insane...

[@bulancicz578]

3:14 Where to buy? :)

[@NikTelio]

do you mean the liquid rosin flux ?

[@bulancicz578]

@@NikTelio I do not understand :( I would explain? :)

[@aminprayitno6335]

what is ipa

[@NikTelio]

isopropyl alcohol, used for cleaning PCBs

[@johncalvin9703]

Apart from doing all this, you’re good to go…..that is, buy a new card, cheaper than buying all the kit 4 sure OCD

[@Mamtorad]

what is IPA?

[@NikTelio]

isopropyl alcohol, isopropanol

[@Mamtorad]

@@NikTelio i have that thing too.. ist a fucking strong i cont breath it..

[@Mamtorad]

@@NikTelio thanks 4 the reply back fast bro.. :)

[@Mamtorad]

@@NikTelio i never didnt try this on gpu. i work this the same process on mobil chip.. I will have to try it.. :)

[@vibr0314]

came here because of Louis Rossmann

[@radarfon]

hi nik perfect

[@NikTelio]

Thanks :)

[@thekinglov265]

i bet if you just heated it up it would still work without reballing it

[@NikTelio]

my gtx 670 still works 1.5 years after reballing, do you think just heating it up will also work that long ?

[@musicalmanish7656]

Can you repair my GPU it is gtx1070

[@MattTheriot]

Can't I just stick it in the oven?

[@evsizhicbirseysiz]

Amd 7970 broken :(

[@เหงียนตอนดึ๊ก-พ2ส]

FC. From thailand, ha ha ha.

[@EnnTomi1]

this looks geto as fk