[Scott Dorsey]

wrote:

No, another chip that's soldered in by hand and carefully inspected. And

while he's at it, inspect the rest of the board for bad solder joints.

And how bench technician at repair center can "inspect" the chip that has known intermittent design flaws? Clairvoyance?

Actually, with RoHS stuff I don't even bother inspecting solder joints, I
just reflow all of them. But with leaded solder it's just a matter of a
magnifier.
--scott

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