My HP-50G Blue dropped dead - The resurrection report

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(01-28-2018 08:41 AM)Harald Wrote:  

(01-28-2018 01:49 AM)jebem Wrote:  China assemblage line example where intensive man power (woman power in this case) is used to finish the calculators build.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZIUDSNzMBo

The quality of solder joints has become worse since lead free solder is used. Lead free solder joints always look a little like cold joints. So it has become harder to check the quality of the joints.

Cheers,
Harald

Absolutely true.

Look at the women's speed while doing manual soldering...

I wonder what kind of QA control is was used in the Indonesian and Chinese manufacturing plants sub-contracted by HP to make the 49G+/50G series.
Surely it should include vibration test, considering the young people target market, but most probably it was not systematic.