Also bought solder-wick and a new solder-tip. Will practice soldering smt components on old motherboards first.
To do a 1280 is going to take more than just solder-wick, solder, and a solder tip. You are going to want flux - a LOT of flux. When doing SMT work, lots of flux is paramount, from what I understand.
Look into "horizontal drag" and "vertical drag" rework techniques; there's quite a few videos on youtube about the process. You'll want really good paste solder, and lots of liquid flux - neither of which, for the good stuff, will be cheap. There's also certain kinds/shapes of tips for the iron you'll need.
You're also going to need practice - a lot of practice. If you want to do this right, you'll learn a lot and probably be able to solder anything afterward - but you'll probably also find that you will have spent more on the learning than if you had just bought a new Mega. So keep that in mind: Are you in this to repair your Mega, or are you in this to learn SMT rework?
Good luck, and let us know how it turns out, regardless!
