Possibly, depends on how bad the corrosion is. When you say it turns on, does it boot? If so, you're in a good spot. If not, then you might be able to fix. The corrosion does not look to be too bad in the pictures, if traces are corroded, they might be fixable. It certainly needs to be recapped.so this iici turns on but has no sound and had a battery leak. i cleaned off some of it and heres is the pictures. is it fixable at this point?
Hah, I take my previous comment back. Corrosion around the chip UH1 and UK2 upon looking at the bigger pictures looks really bad. And there are a lot of exposed/bare traces.The corrosion does not look to be too bad in the pictures,
Most non-tech-savvy people would never even think about it, therefore it got left in the computers most of the time when they went to storage.who leaves a battery in a computer since 1991?
f☆☆k you battery!!! who leaves a battery in a computer since 1991?
i have some other ram from a iisi that wouldn't work. i dont have any experience with soldering, i have a steady hand but dont have a idea about circuit boards. and work a lot so I think it would go to a pro. since it at least turns on should i cover the copper traces with tape or soak the board in vinegar?I don't think it will like having 1 RAM simm missing, remove the whole bank of 4
Anything is fixable, but it might take time and a steady hand. How much SMD soldering have you done?
The IIx I've been working on only needed 7 trace fixes so far and it is mostly working now. But yours looks worse, unless someone had cleaned mine.
Try to save it - IIcis are probably one of my favorite macs. I was saying to my dad it is a shame they never made a IIi (as in a not compact IIci) - a 25mhz bigmac with integrated video and a floppy port
Using vinegar is good to get rid of any of the leaking from those nasty capacitors. Just make sure you also wash the vinegar off, as any residual vinegar can cause more corrosion. I wouldn't worry about covering the traces yet, find out how close to potentially even being repairable it is first. Traces can be covered with a thin epoxy that you use UV light to cure for protection.i have some other ram from a iisi that wouldn't work. i dont have any experience with soldering, i have a steady hand but dont have a idea about circuit boards. and work a lot so I think it would go to a pro. since it at least turns on should i cover the copper traces with tape or soak the board in vinegar?