Hi, It would be good to post a list of caps used to do the recapping. Is that posted somewhere? thanks! Steve
On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 12:58 AM Eric LK <[email protected]> wrote: > This week-end, I re-capped my M100 almost completely (C86 was out of > stock, but I should get one this week). > > The good news is that my voltages are now looking a lot better > (especially VEE that went from -4.5V to -5.05V). > > The bad news is that despite re-heating the RTC's pins, I'm still > having the intermittent keyboard/clock/cursor issue (a lot less since > in the last few days I wasn't able to use it at all, but I still got > it) and the contrast dial is still unresponsive. > > When re-capping I found out that at least one cap has leaked badly, > but I was able to clean the motherboard area completely using white > vinegar first, and isopropyl alcohol next. > > However there was a large corroded area next to the power supply area > which I was not able to clean (picture: > http://pics.lefauve.org/M100_Corrosion.jpg). > > Since I'll have to re-open the M100 to change C86, I'd like to try > cleaning this better (the picture is after the white vinegar/isopropyl > alcohol cleaning) but I'm not sure how to proceed. > > Should I go strongly at it (the first time I used q-tips, but I've > seen peoples on youtube using toothbrushes very aggressively for > cleaning PCB) or should I use another kind of cleaning product? > > Cheers, > Eric >
