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yeah, I actually use a glass desk which I know is kind of unusual but it's perfect for this because of the suction cup stand. Not since the Pinecil, have I felt so good about spending 40 bucks on this hobby.

Thanks!

I'm honestly not sure. All I can say is that it is extremely helpful for $37. It's definitely enough to get in there and do some close up work. Nice manual focus too.

I was wondering if there was a best practice for this? How common is it for this to cause continuity issues on the board? i've checked a few and so far no problems.

Yeah maxes out at 1600x1200.

Maybe I'm late to the party but this thing has completely amazed me today. Not trying to advertise any specific microscope as I'm sure there are comparable ones. I just was not aware this kind of tool was available this cheap...

Checked continuity for everything in the sound circuit as indicated on recap-a-mac. All that is fine. I took out the video chips and video rom and cleaned sockets with deoxit. Cleaned up as much as I could on everything else. Caps should be here by tuesday.

Thanks!

Thanks!

To my everlasting shame, I lifted the pad at C5+ ... all the other pads are OK. Would some kind person tell me where to run a bodge wire from C5+ ? or where to find a clear schematic.

got it, if the issues are all top level stuff on the board, I feel reasonably confident with the repair work. if something bad is going on the inner layers of the board of course it's game over for me.

Haha ..ok Thank you so much for taking good look. I'm

Haha ..ok Thank you so much for taking good look. I'm learning.

Thank you SO much. I appreciate it.

yes, for sure sound but I was not aware that bad caps could completely take out video… I was thinking that had more to do with bad UE8 and stuff over on the video side

so what I'm wondering is could failed capacitors cause total video failure? You'd think this thing would have the courtesy to give me a simasimac. if that is the case, I will certainly feel encouraged to recap it.

OK will send more Hi-Rez ones shortly. Thanks.

also, I am testing this on a known, good working analog board and CRT.

just tested an SE 30 board with an issue issue I have not seen before. The board itself looks very clean. I took out the 1989 battery so that might be a clue that nobody has worked on it before. Capacitors show very little signs of leakage and the chips don't look corroded. Now the bad news...