On Friday 15 October 2010, Alfa21 wrote: > 2010年10月14日 at 15:58 jeremy jozwik >> > yah thats what i was wondering, frying components. but it is surely a > > common technique, this is the first ive seen with a hot plate. most > > use a hot air gun. >> hot air is used to unsolder components for replacement. > hot plate imho is fake More coverage of various techniques here, including details of the hotplate method. It's the wrong method for reattaching a USB connector and a resistor. http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorial_info.php?tutorials_id=59