TTXUSB CPU chip repair?

[imallama]

The only thru-hole components you'll find anymore are in the Power Supply sections of gear or high power applications, like the output stages of power amps and the like... The rest of the PCBs found in equipment are just about using all SMD devices nowadays, soldered with RoHS solder.

You'd need a re-flow oven or an SMD re-work station to fix SMD boards. Dont forget anti-static mats and a wrist strap, with almost all ICs being CMOS in one way or another now, and the ones that aren't are built so small that the ambient level of static electricity we carry on us can blow em up.

Lead-free solder is almost always a pig to work with when you aren't using SMD Re-work or a re-flow oven. Gimme 60/40 solder n thru-hole parts (n some perf-board too) any day!

Ah I see. Cool cool, thanks for the info guys. I'm going to call up Instrumentalparts tomorrow and see what they say as well.

[imallama]

So I still couldn't get through to instrumentalparts, and the 2 numark certified repair centers both gave me different information. One said that the table was screwed and for parts, the other one said that it's probably the motherboard but doesn't know where to begin since he'd have to trace the wires and compare it to the schematics...which aren't available to the general public. SMH -___-