4. You could also check the Electrolytic Cap on the reset line it may of
leaked too which could impact the reset timing.
C90 is the only electrolytic that seems to be part of the reset
circuitry. I have not changed it and it is of the same manufacture as the other
ones that did leak. Interesting how it is all caps of that one brand/series
that leak.
I never noticed the brand on the ones I replaced they all seemed to be bad :)
I have had the reset cap fail which caused some weird behavior. Although
pressing reset after power on usually works.
5. The new NiCd might need some more time to charge up.
The NiCad is removed which I think should be OK as I should
still get VS?
Not sure about this it should work, the NiCd only backs up the RAM. It could
mean the RAM starts up with garbage every time you power on. Could try a power
on then perform a clean boot by using the reset button rather than power on
sequence to clear out the RAM.
One other thing to check is the soldering in the area of the clock chip. I
have two M100s that had bad soldering in that area, just a matter of retouching
joints that look bad. It was so bad there were bubble holes in the solder.
The build quality on the M100 is quite atrocious.
