Got the battery from Birt. Still waiting on the caps from another site.
Took the opportunity tonight to get started removing the caps. Got most
of them - visually there's four remaining. Not sure how many are on the
display pcb. I have to say, some of those caps were a real bitch to
remove. Some of that solder wouldn't melt and had a consistency of a
hard powder. so weird. It's going to take some real clean up once the
caps are all gone. Tomorrow I go shopping for the remainder of the
chemicals needed to clean the residue.
Can someone recommend a good solder sucker that won't break the bank yet
isn't a pile of poop?
D
On 2/9/23 02:13, Daniel L wrote:
Okay, a few years have passed. I get it. Things happen. Bought my
first 100 in 2020 from eBay - instantly had problems that still exist
today but I've recently identified a solution. Soon after, my second
100 came to me as an inexpensive 'for parts' unit that ultimately
worked fine - the seller didn't have the memory switch set to 'on' and
thought it was dead. The thing works like it's fresh out of the
factory. Guys, I learned that I made a big mistake. Got my 200 from
this list soon after getting my 100's and made that my daily driver
from then on. 100s found a home in the closet next to the board games.
I decided today to register them all with Web8201 and cracked her open
for the first time. I wasn't thinking too much about the insides,
stupid me, and opened it to get the necessary numbers to provide good
registration info. As I was screwing her back together, I decided to
inspect it for problems. Looked at the battery and, on initial
inspection, it looked okay. Then I looked closer and found residue on
the side, then residue on a number of via's where the nearby resistors
are soldered in.
I should have inspected it two years ago but it just sat on my closet
and I can't help but think maybe it only leaked after i got the
device. Again, I turn it on and it's splendid. I just wish I wasn't so
stupid as to ignore the inspection two years ago. Or, at least, I wish
I had at least removed the internal battery when I got it. Just
stupidity here. BONK
So now I have some soldering and cleanup to do. I assume the resistors
should be replaced? I went ahead and excised the motherboard from the
shell for deep inspection. As you can see, there are some leaking
caps, residue, and some impacted traces so... I have some restoration
work to do. And I have some components to order. I also have to learn
how to restore traces.
Pictures:
https://imgur.com/zn3fV4G.png
https://imgur.com/m6yzNzm.png
https://imgur.com/nWw3JNh.png
https://imgur.com/yMlMc5L.png
https://imgur.com/mbyV6xB.png
https://imgur.com/m1Uc6ez.png
From yall's experience, is this real bad or not too bad?
Daniel
