Blue Light of Death (BLOD) Explanation

What causes this fault

These faults are caused by the fact that every manufacturer Sony, Microsoft, etc have to use Unleaded solder during the manufacturing of their games console.

This was considered a more reliable solution for the electronics industry due to the fact that unleaded solder has a higher melting point than Leaded Solder.

The only problem is that over time, Unleaded solder goes brittle and cracks, when this occurs this is when the console displays the Blue light error.

     An Example of Lead and Unleaded Solder after exhaustive heating / cooling

                                                      The solution

We can remove the APU (CPU/Graphics Processor) from the main board

Replace the solder balls on this chip to LEAD solder. removing all of the UNLEADED solder from the chip and mainboard.

The benefit of this procedure is that we only use Leaded solder when re soldering the chip back onto the main board.

Leaded solder does not go brittle and crack, therefore is the ultimate fix for your console.

We use the latest state of the art Computer Controlled Dark Infrared BGA reflow stations to safely and professionally carry out this process.

         The below video is one of our engineers carrying out this repair in our workshop

          The Re-ball process

1. Console is stripped down and cleaned

2. Graphics processor is removed from the main board and the main board cleaned of unleaded solder

3. The APU chip is REBALLED using LEAD solder.

4. Console is re assembled and serviced.

5. The console is exhaustively tested to ensure everything is working 100%

For your peace of mind - This repair comes with a six month warranty 

 PLEASE NOTE:

If we attempt to repair a console that has already been opened and the warranty stickers are voided and the reball fails, then we wiill refund the repair fee, minus a £20.00 fee, as this is to cover the time taken and materials used during the process.