ThomRMkIV
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Newbie here!
I picked up my second compact Mac the other day, a Classic II. My first was a Classic that had a very bad PRAM battery mishap... It is beyond repairable and wouldn't even power on.
This Mac Classic II works wonderfully and is in pristine condition (zero yellowing, see image comparing to a yellowed classic) but as per usual, the capacitors are leaking which causes video corruption. I took the board and quickly washed it in warm water and that fixed the issue for about 24hrs until last night when the problem came back. I cleaned it again but this time I used rubbing alcohol on a q tip and I think I got rid of some more leakage because it works again.
Right now I'm on a tight budget so I can't afford to send my Mac out to someone to be recapped. I was thinking of doing it myself as a fun experiment as I do know how to solder but I have no idea what exact type of capacitors I need to buy. I know I need 10uf 16V, 47uf 16V and 1uf 50V but there are so many types of capacitors (solid, tantalum, ceramic) I don't know what works and what doesn't.
In the meantime I'm also curious as to how I can prolong the temporary solution of washing the board. Not only do I want to enjoy my newly acquired Mac, but I want to make sure the caps don't leak so much that the board becomes damaged.
Thanks for checking out the post!
Regards,
Tom
I picked up my second compact Mac the other day, a Classic II. My first was a Classic that had a very bad PRAM battery mishap... It is beyond repairable and wouldn't even power on.
This Mac Classic II works wonderfully and is in pristine condition (zero yellowing, see image comparing to a yellowed classic) but as per usual, the capacitors are leaking which causes video corruption. I took the board and quickly washed it in warm water and that fixed the issue for about 24hrs until last night when the problem came back. I cleaned it again but this time I used rubbing alcohol on a q tip and I think I got rid of some more leakage because it works again.
Right now I'm on a tight budget so I can't afford to send my Mac out to someone to be recapped. I was thinking of doing it myself as a fun experiment as I do know how to solder but I have no idea what exact type of capacitors I need to buy. I know I need 10uf 16V, 47uf 16V and 1uf 50V but there are so many types of capacitors (solid, tantalum, ceramic) I don't know what works and what doesn't.
In the meantime I'm also curious as to how I can prolong the temporary solution of washing the board. Not only do I want to enjoy my newly acquired Mac, but I want to make sure the caps don't leak so much that the board becomes damaged.
Thanks for checking out the post!
Regards,
Tom