IT'S ALIVE!!! — #4

Post #4 by Juror22

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Thu, 25 Sep 2014 - 03:51
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/its-alive.204/

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Elfen said:
1) Those leaky caps were glued down on top of being soldered on! I had to use a finger nail to pry off the plastic disc the cap rested on and there were two tiny red glue tabs. They were almost impossible to clean off! Scraping of off with a screw driver or pick proved difficult and I almost cut a trace further down on he board when the tool slipped off the dab of glue.

I found it difficult to remove that as well, then later (and accidentally) found that a small chisel tip on my soldering gun will take off the glue that is sometimes beneath the caps (kinda like a hot knife through butter) without any adverse effects.