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		kakoni on March 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I resurrected my MacBook Pro by putting it in ... So, first reflow your motherboard, then bake some bread, get all those toxic flavours in? (Wondering if this would somehow ruin your oven..)

q3k on March 10, 2014 [–]

Actually, a lot of electronics from this era failed because they manufacturers were still experimenting with RoHS (read: no lead) electronics production, especially lead-free solder.

While heating a RoHS PCB in a food oven might still be kinda toxic, at least it's lead-free ;).

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