Tony Firshman wrote: > Ade Vickers wrote: > > > > 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. OK. I'm pretty sure the CPU is ok, because it works fine in another machine. Is there a simple way to clean the socket which doesn't involve desoldering it? > 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? I think so - I will dig the old girl out of her box this afternoon and check. > 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! Not original - I've used 3 membranes over the last 20 years - I now have one of the new RWAP ones, so I'm hoping for years of trouble-free service from the keyboard from now on. Cheers, Ade. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 15/09/2006 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
