To equill:
Yes, but the definitive step (capacitor replacement) can be taken later. I will, for instance, need to source some tantalium caps, and that, in these parts, can take some doing. I also fear the doing of it, as I have no training. The proximate end is in any case to ensure that the goo has gone, and to determine that the ps, etc. are still in good order by successfully firing up.
To unknown-k:
In this connection, I note (following overnight soaking and morning rinsing, with some light toothbrush treatment in the afflicted area for good measure) that there is remaining discolouration on the copper traces near the main power supply connector on the top of the logic board. There was capacitor residue in this area – I remember this distinctly, as this was the first of it that was spotted on the board yesterday, which, as you might imagine from Psych. 101 and the school of life alike, elicited an immediate linguistic response from and on the subject.
Would it be good practice to go over this area of discolouration with a circuit pen, or is the trace not strictly on the surface, but buried underneath a minute insulating layer of je ne sais quoi?
Forgive my ignorance; I am electronically-challenged. We weren't taught this subject at school in my day, and I later went into the humanities.
Yes, but the definitive step (capacitor replacement) can be taken later. I will, for instance, need to source some tantalium caps, and that, in these parts, can take some doing. I also fear the doing of it, as I have no training. The proximate end is in any case to ensure that the goo has gone, and to determine that the ps, etc. are still in good order by successfully firing up.
To unknown-k:
In this connection, I note (following overnight soaking and morning rinsing, with some light toothbrush treatment in the afflicted area for good measure) that there is remaining discolouration on the copper traces near the main power supply connector on the top of the logic board. There was capacitor residue in this area – I remember this distinctly, as this was the first of it that was spotted on the board yesterday, which, as you might imagine from Psych. 101 and the school of life alike, elicited an immediate linguistic response from and on the subject.
Would it be good practice to go over this area of discolouration with a circuit pen, or is the trace not strictly on the surface, but buried underneath a minute insulating layer of je ne sais quoi?
Forgive my ignorance; I am electronically-challenged. We weren't taught this subject at school in my day, and I later went into the humanities.