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Home Forums 68kMLA TAM boot issues, appears to be HDD, any advice? — #19
Post #19 by Byrd
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateFri, 18 Oct 2013 - 21:08
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/tam-boot-issues-appears-to-be-hdd-any-advice.24029/
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If possible put the TAM in the fridge and when it got cold take it out of the fridge and boot it ASAP. (Attention - air humidity can kill the TAM!) I got some hard drives up with this technic for the final backup ;) . If the TAM boots when it is cold this could be a sign a bad solder point.
Please no - that's terrible advice, unless you want a $1000+ paperweight! :) It will short out and all the special magic smoke will come out. Maybe just use the freeze spray?

Have to say I went through two tins of that freeze spray trying to diagnose a faulty LCD digitizer board in my TAM. Didn't help, it was moreso the very fragile ribbon cable/connector which was irrepairable. When you open a TAM, you'll discover lots of messy cabling inside.

JB

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