Precision micro soldering - Durban

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Mal1ce

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Hey folks

Anyone know of someone or some firm that offers precision micro soldering in Durban?

I need an Ethernet socket repaired (common fault apparently).

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Thanks!
 
Have you tried one of the Pakistani or Chinese cell phone repair shops in your area?

I think they should be able to do that repair without too much trouble for a reasonable price. Ask if you can see some of their other repair work first so that you can judge their skills before going ahead with the repair.
 
SlinkyMike said:
No help, just piggybacking, I'm looking for the same thing in Cape Town.

@OP: I think the correct term is 'surface mount soldering' I'm not an expert but try taht as a search term in your area.
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Ever get an answer for Cape Town?
 
Jake45 said:
Have you tried one of the Pakistani or Chinese cell phone repair shops in your area?

I think they should be able to do that repair without too much trouble for a reasonable price. Ask if you can see some of their other repair work first so that you can judge their skills before going ahead with the repair.
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Never do that if the item is something you value!

I tried 2 Pakistani places to get something done similar to the op, both fked it up and made it worse and hence the final quality repair by a real technician was much more expensive than it needed to be.

A bad repair can potentially completely write the item off, the one place burnt the circuit board quite badly, luckily it wasn't a dual sided or multi layer circuit board as is common these days
 
airborne said:
Never do that if the item is something you value!

I tried 2 Pakistani places to get something done similar to the op, both fked it up and made it worse and hence the final quality repair by a real technician was much more expensive than it needed to be.

A bad repair can potentially completely write the item off, the one place burnt the circuit board quite badly, luckily it wasn't a dual sided or multi layer circuit board as is common these days
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Most of those Pakistani repair places do complex repairs such as screen/charger port/audio jack/microphone/battery replacements on expensive cell phones such as iPhones and Samsung Galaxy Smart phones. There aren't many electronic devices that are more difficult to repair than modern cell phones or tablets. There should be 20 or more shops that do such repairs at most China Malls. You can usually see them working at their soldering stations as you walk past so you should be able to judge their skills just by watching them work or looking at circuit boards that they have already repaired.

Repairing an ethernet port should be a relatively simple job that most hobbyists could do with just a fine tipped soldering iron. If the tracks have lifted and broken they might need to be repaired with thin copper wires.

I'm not sure whether it makes economic sense to pay much for a specialised repair company to repair something that could possibly be replaced using a cheap plug-in ethernet card etc. on a device which might only have a limited lifetime. I generally try to live with a fault and possibly replace the device earlier due to the issues/cost of repairs and the possibility of additional faults appearing soon afterwards.
 
Jake45 said:
Most of those Pakistani repair places do complex repairs such as screen/charger port/audio jack/microphone/battery replacements on expensive cell phones such as iPhones and Samsung Galaxy Smart phones. There aren't many electronic devices that are more difficult to repair than modern cell phones or tablets. There should be 20 or more shops that do such repairs at most China Malls. You can usually see them working at their soldering stations as you walk past so you should be able to judge their skills just by watching them work or looking at circuit boards that they have already repaired.

Repairing an ethernet port should be a relatively simple job that most hobbyists could do with just a fine tipped soldering iron. If the tracks have lifted and broken they might need to be repaired with thin copper wires.

I'm not sure whether it makes economic sense to pay much for a specialised repair company to repair something that could possibly be replaced using a cheap plug-in ethernet card etc. on a device which might only have a limited lifetime. I generally try to live with a fault and possibly replace the device earlier due to the issues/cost of repairs and the possibility of additional faults appearing soon afterwards.
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And how many stories do you hear of them "fixing" a phone only to get the phone back with new things broken.

Some Pakistani shops I'm sure can do good work but in my experience they are so shady I wouldn't chance it with something that's vital or valuable. Most of them seem to have zero integrity and will tell you anything to get the sale/work, it's unfortunate to say that but it's something I've experienced first hand many times dealing with them.

The Chinese guys at a China mall would probably be a safer bet, I haven't had any experience with them though.
 
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