Ade Vickers wrote:
> Tony wrote:
>> Hrmm - not the usual stuff. Check that there are no bent
>> (shorting) pins on the expansion connector.
>
> Definitely not - the plastic cover was still in place when it died.
>
>> Could be a dodgy connection on the 68008 I suppose. That
>> socket was very sub-standard. It had the sort of weak spring
>> connectors that were on *all* the sockets of my UK101!
>
> Possibly - but would a connector give up when the chip had been undisturbed
> for ~10 years?
Indeed it could. Corrosion is likely on the exposed areas, and this
chip gets pretty hot, so can migrate.
It is worth cleaning legs of the chip (hard rubber), checking pins are
striaght, and then removing/replacing a number of times.
I assume J1 (expansion connector) pins are OK?
If it is the original membrane be *very* careful. Tails will break
easily. I bet when (if) it starts up, some keys will not work!
Tony
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