Those look like the plastic bars on the top and bottom of keyboard PCB. Not sure why they would have been removed though.
I would recommend replacing the caps and battery. If the caps have not been replaced, they are leaking and eating aways at the PCB. Every M100 I have taken apart has had leaking caps. Oddly, every T102 I have taken apart does not have leaking caps. Jeff Birt From: M100 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Doug Jackson Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 7:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] help! (as usual) I will try to open my M100 today so I can get you a photo, but before you close up - please replace the NICAD. Any Nicad that hasn't split corrosive goop all over the board is literally waiting till tomorrow, or next week to do so - It is not a case of it isn't going to happen, as one of it simply hasn't happened yet! Even if you don't have a replacement - simply removing it is critical. Kindest regards, Doug Jackson em: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ph: 0414 986878 Follow my amateur radio adventures at vk1zdj.net <http://vk1zdj.net> On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 at 10:01, Peter Vollan <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Have you ever felt that you are better at taking things apart than at reassembling them? I took apart my Model 100 to look into recapping it. Then I read about replacing the three resistors, and, in fact, I have had some serial port problems, although I don't really know that is the issue. I have been flaking off on finishing the job for a while, being overwhelmed by life, my apartment being an oven and so on. Yesterday I finally knuckled down and installed the 330 ohm resistors. I decided to quit while I'm ahead and not try to recap it, although the nicad measures 2.25 so I might replace it. Could you tell me where these two pieces go?
