I need help with a motherboard

[Christian]

Do you have a picture of the board and the part that needs replaced? Perhaps we could multi-task and help out @W0RDR at the same time.

Surface Mount / Hot Air Soldering

Although I have lots of experience soldering on PCBs and even old terminal strips (I’ve built dozens, perhaps 100 radios, amplifiers, various heathkits and others, as well as having worked on 2-way radios in a shop), I’ve never done surface mount/hot air soldering. I’ve just purchased a combination soldering station and some solder paste and would like to learn how to use it properly. Maybe part of a class, or some one-on-one instruction?? I would like to learn it on my own machine if someone…