With the right equipment replacing caps and SMT components, even IC's, takes
a few minutes so it would be economically viable to do so especially with
common faults. (like the dodgey caps in the power supply board causing the
click of death which affected nearly every Samsung LCD a couple of years
ago)
not possible with the design of many circuit boards today with the
components printed on the boards and the chips too small to de-solder,
and not to mention the time troubleshooting. cheaper/easier just to
replace the board
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rgds,
Pete
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