on 1/28/04 1:57 AM, Jan Warreyn at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have three problems, no idea whether they are linked or not: > (1) the internal clock has stopped; battery renewal didn't help. > (2) some control panels are out of order (e.g. 12 or 24 hour time indication > selector, warning sounds selector...) > (3) start-up sound is dead; as a result of a gradual process of continually > weakening sound volume. > > Could this be due to faulty connections or soldering? Any particular section > of the logic board which should be looked at more closely? > The Classic has been unplugged for over a fortnight now. Am I correct to > assume that any risk of shock from the CRT has gone by now? > Thanks a lot. > Jan > > Because of the high sucess rates, I'm suggesting you pull the mother board and toss it in a dishwashing machine. When dry, it may regain some of the lost properties.
Others have said that pulling the motherboard and swabbing it with isopropyl alcohol does it as well. Thanks to a very dear friend, whom I haven't seen return to this list, I have two Classic motherboards. My thing is to replace. But that's because I don't have time to trace and resolder and replace individual parts. Jeff G. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
