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System Name | Tropicaliente | Digger | A515-43-R19L |
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Processor | FX-6300 | Q6600 | R3 3200U |
Motherboard | ASRock 970 Extreme 4 | Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 | Grumpy_PK |
Cooling | EVGA CLC120 | OCZ Vendetta | Stock |
Memory | 16GB DDR3-1600 | 8GB DDR3-1333 | 16GB DDR4-2666 |
Video Card(s) | PowerColor RX-570 4GB Red Dragon | HIS HD5670 1GB IceQ | Vega 3 |
Storage | 256GB SSD (OS) + 512GB SSD (Games) + 500GB + 2TB + 4TB | 80GB + 320GB | 128GB NVME + 512GB SSD |
Display(s) | Asus VN247H-P | KVM USB Switch | 15.6" FHD |
Case | Antec ONE | Generic Black |
Audio Device(s) | on board + Logitech Z623 | on board | on board |
Power Supply | Cooler Master GX-650 | Antec VP-450 | Powerbrick ac/dc |
Mouse | MS Wired Desktop 600 |
Keyboard | MS Wired Desktop 600 |
Software | Win 10 x64 Pro | XCP-ng 8.1: XOA, pfSense, RouterOS, FreeNAS, Zabbix | Win 10 x64 Home |
Hi there...
If an electronic component (integrated, SMD, etc.) is dipped in salt water may come loose from a motherboard through sulphation in less than three days?
As far as I know, the only way to remove these pieces out of an electronic board is... using a hot air station, or the like, or alternatively... using brute force.
But be sulfated, be loose, and fall in 3 days?
Well... I'm 99% sure I'm right, but I need a second opinion to confirm my suspicions.
Why am I asking this?
My sister went to the beach last weekend, as she stepped off a boat fell into the water with her bag and inside the bag was his tablet.
The next day, she took it to a repair shop where they had 3 days. When she left it at the workshop, the tablet could be power on but there was no video signal. They said the screen/display was damaged. But when she went to pick it up, the tablet was dead, they said that the motherboard was broken and had some fallen parts due to sulfation.
I do not buy it. I think the tablet died due to electrolysis, but...
I also think they took away several pieces to use as spare beacuase they didn´t want to return the parts supposedly fallen, saying they were too small to look for them in the workshop.
There is something fishy.
I opened the tablet at home, took some photos., and downloaded the service manual. Then I compared the photos with the diagram of the motherboard, and of course there are several parts missing where it is marked at red circles on the pictures.
http://www.s-manuals.com/pdf/tablets/samsung/samsung_gt-p5200_service_manual.pdf
Backing to main question...
If an electronic component (integrated, SMD, etc.) is dipped in salt water may come loose from a motherboard through sulphation in less than three days? YES or NO?
Thanks a lot.-
If an electronic component (integrated, SMD, etc.) is dipped in salt water may come loose from a motherboard through sulphation in less than three days?
As far as I know, the only way to remove these pieces out of an electronic board is... using a hot air station, or the like, or alternatively... using brute force.
But be sulfated, be loose, and fall in 3 days?
Well... I'm 99% sure I'm right, but I need a second opinion to confirm my suspicions.
Why am I asking this?
My sister went to the beach last weekend, as she stepped off a boat fell into the water with her bag and inside the bag was his tablet.
The next day, she took it to a repair shop where they had 3 days. When she left it at the workshop, the tablet could be power on but there was no video signal. They said the screen/display was damaged. But when she went to pick it up, the tablet was dead, they said that the motherboard was broken and had some fallen parts due to sulfation.
I do not buy it. I think the tablet died due to electrolysis, but...
I also think they took away several pieces to use as spare beacuase they didn´t want to return the parts supposedly fallen, saying they were too small to look for them in the workshop.
There is something fishy.
I opened the tablet at home, took some photos., and downloaded the service manual. Then I compared the photos with the diagram of the motherboard, and of course there are several parts missing where it is marked at red circles on the pictures.
http://www.s-manuals.com/pdf/tablets/samsung/samsung_gt-p5200_service_manual.pdf
Backing to main question...
If an electronic component (integrated, SMD, etc.) is dipped in salt water may come loose from a motherboard through sulphation in less than three days? YES or NO?
Thanks a lot.-
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