I need opinions on this grim looking board

[aface]

I have acquired this free at fighter alpha 2 board. You’ll see why it was free. Corrosion has caused one of the chips legs to fall off. Obviously preparing this would be a pain in the butt. I don’t even know if it’s possible. What do you guys recommend I do in terms of salvaging the parts including the E proms on the board. I’m fairly new to this, but I am almost certain that you can transfer them right? What do y’all think? Thanks

 

[Mrhide]

if you are new, there are far more pleasant experiences to try before fixing that

That being said, some people have fixed way worst.

The eproms can be easily replaced so I wouldn't waste my time there.

good "luck" ?

 

[aface]

if you are new, there are far more pleasant experiences to try before fixing that

That being said, some people have fixed way worst.

The eproms can be easily replaced so I wouldn't waste my time there.

good "luck" ?

What do you think I should do? If I were to even start to repair this do you think I need a whole new chip or do you think I can solder back the connections? Are they E proms good for another board? How should I go about this?

 

[Mrhide]

check this tread out


are you ready for these types of repairs?!

 

[ekorz]

Read up on how much work/skill it takes to repair this pcb. You’ll need to handle surface-mounted fine pitch custom chips, and probably the traces under them - that’ll be the hardest. The mask roms don’t matter really, you can buy replacements and aren’t worth the time/effort of saving imo

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Thread 'Been a few months since we had a "leaky battery" repair thread'

Dec 10, 2021

This guy had been kicking around in my big box of junk since January.

I bought the A+B board set for approx $US120. The A board worked perfectly right away - and $120 for an A board isnt a terrible price in my country - so I was happy to call it even at that point. The B board had a leaky battery which was beyond my ability and tools at the time so I put it to one side to fix later. Later has arrived

Here was how it looked back in Jan - most of the damage was around the battery 10L and 10M, a little bit up by CN6, and a little bit up by the jumpers JP4


After a...

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