Thread: My 500+ Project
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Old 06-15-2012, 09:49 PM   #5
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Default Re: My 500+ Project

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Originally Posted by Azryl View Post
Damn that is a lot of acid damage to the mobo... its crawled its way to many IC and sockets so sad to see a A500+ in this condition.

The Gary chip should be okay, the socket might clean up well without needing to replace. A thin stiff brush and alcohol to clean away all the mess. The resisters on the right hand side of the removed battery look bad, maybe if you going to resolder a Gary socket you should replace these as well.

Best of luck! Hope you can revive this poor Miggy

Az
Nah the socket is totalled - see the pic below (contacts are broken, some literally shattered when i removed the chip.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71121999/Ami...PM%20(HDR).jpg
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