LC II - first recap job!

#1 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 - 08:01

So I finished my first ever recap job on my LC II, which had sound problems and gave me a Sad Mac on startup with any hard drive. Obviously my soldering skills are pretty crappy, and I didn't have two of the needed tants, but I got the job done! Going to clean this off and power it on tomorrow.

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I owe a big thank you to everybody here for giving me the courage to take upon the job, especially uniserver with his diagrams!

#2 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 - 16:45

Nice job. I went through 3 LC boards on my very first attempt at soldering. I kept breaking the solder pads off.

#3 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 - 16:50

great JRL, hey what cap removal method did you end up using?

also i would re-heat up and lay those radials down if at all possible sir.

#4 Wed, 6 Mar 2013 - 02:13

Thanks! I was worried about that a lot but thankfully the cap removal went along fine.

I used a wire cutter to pinch off the top of the caps, desoldered the loose leads, and put on my new caps. Already bent the radials down!

#5 Wed, 6 Mar 2013 - 03:37

does it work?

#6 Wed, 6 Mar 2013 - 03:44

Yup, it works with great sound and it boots off a drive now! Just tried it out

#7 Wed, 6 Mar 2013 - 04:08

u da man

#8 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 - 23:34

Hah nice job, the first Mac i recapped myself was my IIci.

Gotta have to get me some nice new caps for my LCII (P400) too... the logic board is sitting capless on the shelf now :C

(I even managed to glue a pad back that i lifted before anyone could see it :rambo: )