Comment by K7PJP
2 years ago
I've got an HP Laser Printer from about 15 years or so. About once a year, the printer stops responding and I have to remove the board, put it in the oven for 10 minutes or so to revive it.
2 years ago
I've got an HP Laser Printer from about 15 years or so. About once a year, the printer stops responding and I have to remove the board, put it in the oven for 10 minutes or so to revive it.
What even is the theory on how that could possibly work? I believe you, it's just that I don't have any mental model of how baking a circuit board makes it work right for a year, and how it keeps working to fix the issue.
The theory is that 'baking" it could reflow a bad solder joint and fix it. A popular fix of last resort.
I get that that could work and might solve the problem entirely. What I don't get is why you'd ever have to do that every few months.
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