Archie A3000 inbound

[HigashiJun]

[stephen_usher]

Hmm.. those trace wires... I've have just fitted sockets and bodge wires between the pins.

[rubber_jonnie]

Hmm.. those trace wires... I've have just fitted sockets and bodge wires between the pins.

Me too

[rubber_jonnie]

Flux is the answer, and lots of it

Is the flux meant to be brown and smoking? Asking for a friend.

BW

Mostly, though it depends what it is smoking...

[Badwolf]

Mostly, though it depends what it is smoking...

The bench?



BW

[rubber_jonnie]

Mostly, though it depends what it is smoking...

The bench?



BW

What is it smoking not what is smoking...

Though if your bench is smoking then it might be a good time to get away

[Badwolf]

What is it smoking not what is smoking...

Oh! Haha.

Anyway I salvaged my incinerated board with only one bodge wire in the end, but had to rely on solder wicking up the pins of the sockets.

Needs a clean, but still works, so next I'll tackle the remaining chip and resistor networks.

Like I say, I'm in awe of @HigashiJun's tidyness and lack of brûlée action.

BW

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[HigashiJun]

Thanks @Badwolf !

[HigashiJun]

And here is the final result of the previous repair:

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I will just have to remove the epoxy in some vias before checking connections again and fitting back the sockets.

As I wrote before, time consuming but worth the effort.

[rubber_jonnie]

What is it smoking not what is smoking...

Oh! Haha.

Anyway I salvaged my incinerated board with only one bodge wire in the end, but had to rely on solder wicking up the pins of the sockets.

Needs a clean, but still works, so next I'll tackle the remaining chip and resistor networks.

Like I say, I'm in awe of @HigashiJun's tidyness and lack of brûlée action.

BW

Doesn't look too bad, certainly nowhere like Adrian Black's 'blowtorched' C64, and if it works, then what's not to like

Of course it can't be understated how much battery goo can change the chemistry of solder and turn it into something more like titanium, so I can understand your difficulties.