Need to identify a microchip for replacement in my laptop

[matthew.plambeck]

Hi Guys, i need to identify my blown microchip for replacement in a laptop and possibly if anyone in sydney australia who has the equipment to replace it with.

 

[USAFRet]

Whatever laptop it is, a whole new motherboard would probably be cheaper.

 

[InvalidError]

That large BGA is either the CPU or chipset. Either way, replacing a large BGA chip on a motherboard is a somewhat difficult task even with a BGA reflow station. For the chip to blow up like this, it may mean that the VRM powering it has also blown and needs to be fixed.

Much simpler, safer and possibly cheaper to just get a whole replacement board.

 

[R_1]

I third the sentiment. that chip is a bear to try to change and the whole board will probably be much cheaper than the labor to just change the chip

 

[TJ Hooker]

How did you manage to do that?

 

[DSzymborski]

Yup, it's toast. Even if it was worth spending a lot of money to have the CPU replaced, you'd still have to deal with the underlying *cause* of this issue and the very real possibility that whatever fried the CPU has done less visibly obvious things to other parts of the motherboard.

It's either a new motherboard at a non-crazy price or a new laptop.