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Of the four SE/30's I've recapped different ways, here was my experience...Ultimitely, you have to assess how strong the pads look in contrast to the cap legs. Twist Method - Carefully applying a little downward pressure as well (never upward) - No damaged pads. Hot Air - No damaged pads...

yeah, solving problems and learning is 99% the fun of this hobby. It exercises the logical part of our mind...You need problems to solve problems.

is there a resource somewhere that tells us exactly what goes wrong with these power supplies when they fail? I would much prefer to repair mine if and when it goes rather than try to replace it. I've already replaced one. Thanks for any help.

also, if you're not already using a microscope, a cheap one like this can make a world of difference when working on this stuff. Plugable Digital Microscope with... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XNYXQHE?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

should it just be gone, consider it a right of passage...It can be pretty straightforward to get it connected again to where it needs to be with a bodge wire or repair. Here's a great video that can help.

I guess this is possible with the original rominator. Just curious if it is on the rominator ii as well?

Booted BlueSCSI and passes all Snooper tests. I'd say I got pretty lucky with this one.

Amazon..Its a 24pin ATX connector but I hacked off the unneeded 10. https://a.co/d/88PnSTf

Drumroll please..... Repaced UE8 fixed it!! Thank you all so much for your help! This was next level repair stuff for somebody who's just done a few recaps in the past.

I see what you mean. I cleaned it off, but yeah, that was still black corrosion. It never endsThe pad does have continuity to UC7 pin2 (VID0). I will double check. It does seem to boot fine and has sound. Just video problems.

I see what you mean. I cleaned it off, but yeah, that was still black corrosion. It never ends...The pad does have continuity to UC7 pin2 (VID0).

Well it's clean(er) and I have a bodge wire to UC6 pin3 (Vid5) in my future.

yep. Will do.

Definitely found some serious crud under UE8.

Thanks for the info. Yeah it appears to boot fine...just the video issue of course.

I double checked every pin on UD8, UE8, UF8 and UG8... they all check out with no broken traces to destinations. My next step is to replace UE8 and possibly other U*8 chips. Replacements should be here tomorrow.

Thanks! I've double checked every pin on UE8 to destinations and there are no continuity issues.

also, would this imply that the PAL chips and video ROM are not part of the problem and it is isolated to the U*8 chips and related traces?

Thanks. I've checked all of the pins to ground, +5 and PAL chips. All of those are good. The pins that are Vid(*) are not clear to me. I'm new to schematics so I'm not sure where those ones are going. It looks like they are all connected on the schematic but with small circles?

And a still picture.