Hi everyone:
I bought some years ago a Mac Classic and I was unaware of the problem of the PRAM battery. At the beggining it worked fine but one day I powered it up and... ooops, it didn't boot up any more. I opened it and found that the damn PRAM battery has went off and the acid had disolved the battery holder and spreaded across the board.
The other day I discovered this forum and read a topic of GnatGoSplat, https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/17191-mac-classic-pram-battery-carnage/, where he could repair a damaged board so I would like to know if someone can give some suggestions.
I should have taken a photograph before cleaning the acid, but it is more or less the area that was covered by the acid:
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These are another pictures of the tracks and vias:
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And this is a picture of the board as it is:
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I have seen in a video that some people put the board into the dishwasher, do you think that it could dissolve the corrosion that is underneath the chips and on the vias?
Any help is welcome. Thanks in advance!!!!
I bought some years ago a Mac Classic and I was unaware of the problem of the PRAM battery. At the beggining it worked fine but one day I powered it up and... ooops, it didn't boot up any more. I opened it and found that the damn PRAM battery has went off and the acid had disolved the battery holder and spreaded across the board.
The other day I discovered this forum and read a topic of GnatGoSplat, https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/17191-mac-classic-pram-battery-carnage/, where he could repair a damaged board so I would like to know if someone can give some suggestions.
I should have taken a photograph before cleaning the acid, but it is more or less the area that was covered by the acid:
/monthly_01_2017/post-8002-0-08626900-1484572839.jpg">
These are another pictures of the tracks and vias:
/monthly_01_2017/post-8002-0-26696700-1484572985.jpeg">
And this is a picture of the board as it is:
/monthly_01_2017/post-8002-0-44994500-1484573036.jpeg">
I have seen in a video that some people put the board into the dishwasher, do you think that it could dissolve the corrosion that is underneath the chips and on the vias?
Any help is welcome. Thanks in advance!!!!