Any chance you work on IIFX motherboards that the idiot previous owners left to battery decay? I know there is at least one pad gone there and who knows what else. but the boards are relatively clean other than the battery area....
I never go around to learning proper soldering technique...Maybe I should learn that after all these years.. hmmm

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I'm not in a position time-wise to help you with the IIfx board (hope Phreakout PM'ed you). However, I thought I'd mention that Digi-Key has the plastic battery holder for the 1/2AA battery. It's been a month or so since I looked it up but it was in the $2 neighborhood. Maybe $1.25, maybe $3... So if the board is repairable, the battery holder is available...

I also have a small supply of battery holders I found in my parts mound. So, if one is ordering capacitors from me (see thread in Trading Post) one can add a battery holder to the order for $2. One of these days I'll add that option to the actual posting over in Trading Post. But you're not a likely customer for my capacitors (unless you also have an SE/30 or such) because the IIfx's I've seen all have beautiful tantalum capacitors installed at the factory.

Jeff Walther