Chrome is the new Internet explorer. (Literally I guess)

Get the kid a psych and more importantly a neuropsych eval. Assuming nothing is atypical and they are just a kid, the psych will help them.

Went with a traditional wooly look, eh?

The heat to melt solder is well above the heat made by the cores in normal operation. It’s more likely that the balls crack under stress in the heat/cooling cycles. (Also if the ball is at such a high temp, the core is likely way way higher, and that would damage the core)