On 11/03/2021 21:52, Tim Streater wrote:
On 11 Mar 2021 at 20:20:04 GMT, John Rumm
wrote:

On 11/03/2021 16:38, Jeff Layman wrote:

I can't see a way round that if it is considered commercially confidential.

You can't really argue that access to a part is commercially
confidential - the internal design of it perhaps.

Even access to a schematic and board view is not really confidential
since once you have access to the physical board, you can reverse
engineer the schematic.

Even on a multi-layer board? Well I could see GCHQ doing that, but a
repairer?

Component level SMD repair is pretty commonly done stuff...

For example, go have a look at Louis Rossmann or Jessa Jones (iPad
Rehab) on youtube, they routinely fix stuff that apple claim can't be
fixed. They have posted tons of detailed walk-throughs of many repairs.



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Cheers,

John.

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