Recent content by Moosey

This is amazing advice thank you so much! No need to apologize for a long post when it's this helpful!  I am definitely going to take this on board and I will be looking at these videos and probably investing in a microscope to aid me!  I would love to re-do all my work, desolder it all and...

I am highly ashamed of my job on this board, all be it my first time it's horrendous! As I ripped off the pads I was terrified of scrubbing it with alcohol so I nearly soaked it! Now the corrosion is still there! Here's some pictures of the board, the last one is the worst as it has the pad...

So I managed to finish recapping it - it still boots properly which I assume is a good sign? Would it still work with a capacitor not soldered correctly? I'm worried I have really messed up this board! I also soaked this in alcohol for a few hours and so I'm letting it dry out now and there was...

I'm looking for some help! I seem to have taken a few of the solder pads off with the capacitors! First time I did it I was pissed, the other times I'm convinced it's just easy to do even when being careful!  The traces are still there for the positive sides I can solder to, but what should I...

Perfect thanks for the suggestionsI'll take everything off the board, de-solder all the caps, clean it all off with 99% and then solder on the new caps! I'll let you know how it goes

I have ordered some 99% isopropyl as I only have 70% and I was scared to use it on the board! Would it have been okay then as you've suggested water, and I've seen suggestions of using a dishwasher!

I cracked it opened, and there is some definite corrosion and leakage exactly around that area! Looks like it needs a proper cleanup and the caps replaced! There's numbers also written on the board so it seems like it's been serviced before perhaps.

Amazing, I'll crack it open today and have a look at what board it is and order some capacitors! By the looks of it, it's been opened before as there's no case screws! Not sure what I'll find!  Are the fuses easy to order if it does come down to that? 

Hello all,  Today I became a proud owner of a Macintosh Classic 2! After so much research and debating, I finally bit the bullet (mainly after finding a smashing deal) and I am super happy!  The seller did point out one major flaw of this unit though, and that was that the machine doesn't...