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@3lectr1cPPC one for the stash

great work. another 475 lives again!

imo not really

interesting. those ROMs are programmed EPROMs too. odd.

is there a reason that you've installed a 2200uF capacitor where a 47uF capacitor goes?

imo, no LC pizzaboxes should be powered on without a full service of the board and power supply. they're all various degrees of broken without that.

i'd say no. it's just that ebay is not a very good measure of these things anymore.

so what was the grand solution? don't keep us guessing :LOL:

that foto would have cleared things up :LOL: seems you're right, both these links show that DIP IC: https://pappp.net/?p=65693...

those aren't "missing", they're not populated on that board. look, you can see a jumper placed on the lower 2 holes of the DIP footprint.

imo an awful name for a book as it hijacks search results when looking for resources on LWII repairs 😠 neat concept though

yeah this is something i've mused about. at this point, most "recap" jobs are really "board repair" jobs. chances are you'll be messing with broken pads, rotten traces, and possibly damaged surface mount components. this is the type of (expensive) job that in most cases is only viable in very...

i've seen this method used for game console modchip and hdmi mods, seems like a good way to go.

you can send me the ethernet card (y)

agree with @croissantking when i encounter a drive with stiction like that I generally hook it up to a Zulu-Compatible SCSI emulator in Initiator mode, free the platter, and it starts imaging it right away. then it goes into the scrap pile :)