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Post #5 by joshc
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateWed, 12 Aug 2009 - 21:12
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/flummoxed-by-mac-classic-ii-problem.18236/
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I recapped my classic II, its not that hard to do.
Uh, although true, saying that and nothing more is not very helpful for anothrgrnworld. I'm pretty certain he didn't come here for someone to tell him if its easy or hard. He wants some sort of guidance. The Macintosh Classic II board has several surface mount round can type capacitors which are a common cause of failure on boards of this age. They can be replaced with much more reliable tantalum capacitors - you can buy a set from trag on the forums, take a look in the Trading Post. You will ideally need a temperature controlled soldering iron, a fine soldering iron tip, lead/tin solder with flux core. If you use the search feature of the forum, you'll come across plenty of tips and tricks in regards of the best way of removing old capacitors, and how to solder the new ones correctly. Good luck!

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