Non backlit Portable was dead to the world and in need of a recap. Someone wasn't kidding about the nasty fish smell - I thought thai fish sauce was pungent until the hot air cooked up a whiff of funky bouillabaisse .
But the recap operation seems to be *mostly* successful as I now power up with a chime but hit the Sad Mac code attached. At least the screen is also in reasonable shape save a sing pixel line which starts one third of the screen in.
My Sad Mac coding is a little rough (I guess smartphone apps were a little ways off) but am I right in thinking the "03" means a RAM issue ? Just bare board on the bench at the moment, no peripherals and no RAM expansion back in place. Anybody able to narrow down where to start looking ? Not seeing anything obviously corroded but I have not yet put the board in a nice warm ultrasonic bath - that's next but I don't know if that is going to make the RAM happy.
Any sage advice welcomed.
Stuart
But the recap operation seems to be *mostly* successful as I now power up with a chime but hit the Sad Mac code attached. At least the screen is also in reasonable shape save a sing pixel line which starts one third of the screen in.
My Sad Mac coding is a little rough (I guess smartphone apps were a little ways off) but am I right in thinking the "03" means a RAM issue ? Just bare board on the bench at the moment, no peripherals and no RAM expansion back in place. Anybody able to narrow down where to start looking ? Not seeing anything obviously corroded but I have not yet put the board in a nice warm ultrasonic bath - that's next but I don't know if that is going to make the RAM happy.
Any sage advice welcomed.
Stuart