Bap, how about a step by step on how you solder a new screen on the DNA. Thinking about ordering five and seeing if my Taiwanese computer nerd can fix the three I have broken. Any tricks you may have from experience.
Taking pics really doesn't show anything....kind of hard to do and take pics at the same time
- start by removing the old screen/ribbon. The easiest way to do this delicately is with a SMT hot air soldering iron, since we typically aren't trying to reuse the screen it comes off fairly easy using a typical soldering iron. I start at one side running the tip back and forth along the solder joint while giving some twisting force on the ribbon so it pulls up once loose. Then just work thru the rest of the connections.
- once off I run the tip of the iron back and forth on the solder tabs adding solder if needed to get a nice tinned pad.
- then I take the new screen and line it up over the pads. (I took it out of the vise to take the pic, typically I just hold the screen until I get it tacked down....but getting both the screen and board secured would probably make it easier). Once lined up I start at one end and tack it down by touching the tip to the top of the ribbon at the end connection. Once it's tacked I skip one or two and tack it and then anther one or two and tack. Then I kind of work thru the connections randomly dragging the tip of the iron back forth on top of the ribbon at the connections.
Ribbon setting on board
Soldered
It doesn't take much time with the iron to do the tacking or soldering, the solder flows quick. And it looks way better than the one in the pic that been on and off probably a dozen times.
* One cautionary note....Evolv has great customer service and I recommend contacting them before trying this. BJ's scenario is different since shipping charges aren't conducive to shipping it out for repair.
