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Classic II - Cap help

Mikeyy00

Well-known member
Hi all,

Came into possession of a mint (cosmetically) Classic II.

Tried to turn on, combo of vertical lines, garbage, sometimes just a squished horizontal grey screen. Opened 'er up, and sure enough. Bad leaky caps.

Removed all of them, have an order in with Digikey. There's 3 that had at least one of the pads trashed due to the bad cap, but I can see where it ran to, so I can connect with wire. But I've got one that I can't figure out. Pics attached.

Anyone with a Classic II know some alternate points I can solder to? I thought maybe if I followed the via's the bottom, I could just attach it there.. but they don't seem to go anywhere?

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Mikeyy00

Well-known member
Ahh.. looks like the motherboards aren't two layers.. reading they might be 4? so the via's might go somewhere I can't see..

 

ScutBoy

Well-known member
Can't you just clear the two vias next to the bad pads and put in a cap with leads?

Or you could stub some fine wire into the vias, and then scab the SM cap on to those, but a cap with leads would be better.

 
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