Whilst waiting for my UF8s to arrive for the board with no V-Sync I cracked open my (mostly) working SE/30 and pulled out the logic board for its recap. This is my second attempt.
It mostly went a lot smoother this time all the can capacitors off with no damaged pads using a cheap hot air station. One or two got a bit lively. I applied Kapton tape to all the potentially vulnerable plastic bits. Still had trouble with my old nemesis C2 the negative side sits on a huge bit of copper and is real pain to heat up. I got the Cap out with some difficulty but then discovered the replacement didn't fit in the hole, I then spent way too long and way too many attempts with solder braid trying to clear out the hole. Eventually I got the raining traces of solder out.
I recapped with 50v Tantalums as per JDWs recent post.
Board had no startup chime, I spent some time cleaning up the UEs and other chips that all looked like they had seen some cap leakage. No obvious signs of damage.
Board is now having a well deserved IPA soak following a thorough scrubbing with some anti-static brushes.
It mostly went a lot smoother this time all the can capacitors off with no damaged pads using a cheap hot air station. One or two got a bit lively. I applied Kapton tape to all the potentially vulnerable plastic bits. Still had trouble with my old nemesis C2 the negative side sits on a huge bit of copper and is real pain to heat up. I got the Cap out with some difficulty but then discovered the replacement didn't fit in the hole, I then spent way too long and way too many attempts with solder braid trying to clear out the hole. Eventually I got the raining traces of solder out.
I recapped with 50v Tantalums as per JDWs recent post.
Board had no startup chime, I spent some time cleaning up the UEs and other chips that all looked like they had seen some cap leakage. No obvious signs of damage.
Board is now having a well deserved IPA soak following a thorough scrubbing with some anti-static brushes.