On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 04:09:07PM -0700, GuyWithGuitars wrote: > Well, I'm trying to tell myself that at least I tried. I gave it a > patient, valiant effort. I recapped the audio caps on my Mac SE/30. I > have soldered before, but nothing to this minute level. I followed > some excellent how-tos and failed. I am crushed. I accidentally pulled > off C6's solder pad and then all went downhill afterwards. I fired it > up, it actually chimed (the audio was dead before, hence the repair > attempt) but began looping the chime and wouldn't boot. I suppose I'll > hang onto it in the event someone might be able to bring it back to > life. I can't believe it. Shes gone. :( There is no way I can trace > the tiny leads back to C6.
You should be able to follow the traces with a magnifying glass, but surely you can at least find the trace leading up to the pad. It should go to another pad or a via. One way to fix it is to just choose a spot near the pad, gently scrape the coating off the trace to expose the copper, tin the copper with some solder to create a new "pad", and then tack solder some very thin wire wrap or transformer wire to that. -- Ryan C. Underwood runderwo(at)mail.win.org -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
