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My I just found these, they are excellent, thank you!mrbombermillzy wrote: 04 Jan 2021 20:38 Theres a book, The Dead Mac Scrolls, which covers troubleshooting and repairs for the early 68k Macs.
It may well help out. :)
Me too, I'm determined to make it bloody work again, as I blame myself for it dying, should have done the caps sooner. Similar problems with my Amstrad ALT-386, capacitor related, and that took some fixing, that goo is bad juju.
Havent had too much trouble with old caps so far.rubber_jonnie wrote: 04 Jan 2021 23:10
Me too, I'm determined to make it bloody work again, as I blame myself for it dying, should have done the caps sooner. Similar problems with my Amstrad ALT-386, capacitor related, and that took some fixing, that goo is bad juju.
I recapped my A1200 recently, that was a close call, caps were starting to ooze. The Macs seem to be the worst for battery explosions, I heard it called 'Maxell Bomb' by somebody. The worst damage was the Amstrad though, a single cap caused hours of repairs and bodge wiring to revive it. It's those little aluminium SMD dustbins that seem to be the worst for some reason. I replace with tantalum bricks where possible, no future danger of leakage!!mrbombermillzy wrote: 05 Jan 2021 00:41Havent had too much trouble with old caps so far.rubber_jonnie wrote: 04 Jan 2021 23:10
Me too, I'm determined to make it bloody work again, as I blame myself for it dying, should have done the caps sooner. Similar problems with my Amstrad ALT-386, capacitor related, and that took some fixing, that goo is bad juju.
Im more of a 'battery leaked and ruined the mainboard' kind of guy.
Got an old Archimedes A5000 and a 486 mobo that have succumbed to the dreaded ooze. That stuff creeps UP legs! Its relentless.
Indeed... only *FIRE* from tantalums. ;-)rubber_jonnie wrote: 05 Jan 2021 08:57 [I recapped my A1200 recently, that was a close call, caps were starting to ooze. The Macs seem to be the worst for battery explosions, I heard it called 'Maxell Bomb' by somebody. The worst damage was the Amstrad though, a single cap caused hours of repairs and bodge wiring to revive it. It's those little aluminium SMD dustbins that seem to be the worst for some reason. I replace with tantalum bricks where possible, no future danger of leakage!!
Not had one catch fire yet ;)stephen_usher wrote: 05 Jan 2021 10:32Indeed... only *FIRE* from tantalums. ;-)rubber_jonnie wrote: 05 Jan 2021 08:57 [I recapped my A1200 recently, that was a close call, caps were starting to ooze. The Macs seem to be the worst for battery explosions, I heard it called 'Maxell Bomb' by somebody. The worst damage was the Amstrad though, a single cap caused hours of repairs and bodge wiring to revive it. It's those little aluminium SMD dustbins that seem to be the worst for some reason. I replace with tantalum bricks where possible, no future danger of leakage!!
Actually, polythene caps are probably the least dangerous long term now.
The yoke connector melts!!!