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Soph's mac finds

SophieRose

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@SophieRose What's your method for this, are you using a hot air station? Looks like you did a very clean removal.
Thanks, yeah hot air station to remove with plenty of flux and then I'll repair the tracks with mod wire when required and I'll solder the ICs back on with a fine soldering iron and again loads of flux and real solder :) Here's the mess I made  LOL70428937_2357236381191859_1265717172684980224_n.jpg

 
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LaPorta

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Do you have the exact size nozzles? I keep getting conflicting information on whether you really need it to be the size or if you can fudge a little.

 

SophieRose

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Do you have the exact size nozzles? I keep getting conflicting information on whether you really need it to be the size or if you can fudge a little.
I just use a small nozzle 2.5-3mm maybe in diameter and work around the pins of the ICs keeping it moving at all times (with a tonne of gel flux) whilst gently applying lifting pressure with some fine tweezers.

 

Phipli

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Hey, just skim read the start of this thread - sorry if this has already been covered.

My non-FPU Rocket turned out to have an FPU and it was just disabled in the ROM. Changing the ROM for one from a full Rocket enabled it! I then also over locked it to 33MHz, although I fitted a 33MHz chip, so it wasn't really an overclock.

I see you're based out of Leam. I went to uni down that way and lived in South Leam for a year. Still have some friends in that part of the world.
 

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Durosity

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Wow.. that 82/500 cd bezel seems to be holding on tight.. not many intact ones left in this world!
 

SophieRose

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A three-year hiatus! How’d that IIfx turn out?
Omg yeah the IIfx.. nightmare 😂 the board was bombed and too badly corroded, ive sourced another less badly damaged board but im in need of some 64pin simm sockets.. otherwise im gonna have to cut up some 72pin ones and make em fit.
 

LaPorta

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That’s unfortunate. I’m sure someone will have them around here. Now you are looking for an SE?
 

Berenod

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Yah some sort of compact mac, not had one for a for years, just fancied another.
Regular SE's are easy to be found, have a bunch of them!
No leaking caps either, well, at least not on the logic board!
As long as the battery didn't do a Maxwell 💥💥 , you should be good!
 

Phipli

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Even with maxcells, SEs do well - took a 32 year old battery out of one and it was still holding a charge. Actually like 3.0V!
 

Berenod

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Even with maxcells, SEs do well - took a 32 year old battery out of one and it was still holding a charge. Actually like 3.0V!
Sure, right up the moment they explode!

Most my SE's came with Varta's, also still holding a charge!

Below what one of those Maxwell batteries did to the logic board of one of my SE/30 ☹️

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