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Re: Archie A3000 inbound

Posted: 18 Aug 2023 12:13
by HigashiJun
:D :D :D

Re: Archie A3000 inbound

Posted: 18 Aug 2023 12:54
by stephen_usher
Hmm.. those trace wires... I've have just fitted sockets and bodge wires between the pins. :-)

Re: Archie A3000 inbound

Posted: 18 Aug 2023 13:13
by rubber_jonnie
stephen_usher wrote: 18 Aug 2023 12:54 Hmm.. those trace wires... I've have just fitted sockets and bodge wires between the pins. :-)
Me too :)

Re: Archie A3000 inbound

Posted: 18 Aug 2023 13:13
by rubber_jonnie
Badwolf wrote: 18 Aug 2023 12:04
rubber_jonnie wrote: 18 Aug 2023 11:43 Flux is the answer, and lots of it :)
Is the flux meant to be brown and smoking? Asking for a friend. :lol:

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

Re: Archie A3000 inbound

Posted: 18 Aug 2023 14:12
by Badwolf
rubber_jonnie wrote: 18 Aug 2023 13:13 Mostly, though it depends what it is smoking...
The bench?

:hide:

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Re: Archie A3000 inbound

Posted: 18 Aug 2023 14:55
by rubber_jonnie
Badwolf wrote: 18 Aug 2023 14:12
rubber_jonnie wrote: 18 Aug 2023 13:13 Mostly, though it depends what it is smoking...
The bench?

:hide:

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 :)

Re: Archie A3000 inbound

Posted: 18 Aug 2023 21:32
by Badwolf
rubber_jonnie wrote: 18 Aug 2023 14:55 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. :lol:

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Re: Archie A3000 inbound

Posted: 19 Aug 2023 00:01
by HigashiJun
Thanks @Badwolf !

:D

Re: Archie A3000 inbound

Posted: 19 Aug 2023 01:12
by 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.

Re: Archie A3000 inbound

Posted: 19 Aug 2023 09:11
by rubber_jonnie
Badwolf wrote: 18 Aug 2023 21:32
rubber_jonnie wrote: 18 Aug 2023 14:55 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. :lol:

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.