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Description: Thank god it still works . Needed a good cleaning and had a damaged trace .
Picture Stats: Views: 1130 Filesize: 281.17kB Height: 768 Width: 1024 Posted by: dougal at May 23, 2009, 12:25:37 AM Image Linking Codes
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dougal Posts:1221 | May 23, 2009, 08:00:52 AM My advice (with thanks to the amiga.org & also Everblue) : 1. Open up and check the batteries on any A500Plus , A501 memory expansions and any other Amiga which has a realtime RTC . (A4000 , A3000 etc...) 2. If (And it most prob is) it is a barrel type battery , remove it right away . I used plyers and literally ripped out the batteries of my A500Plus's , A4000 and A501 . I guess desoldering is better , but the former works well . 3. Clean the motherboard especially around the battery . I used an old toothbrush and an electronics cleaner called ISO Clean . You can buy something similair from an electronics or computer shop . 4. (OPTIONAL) You could order a replacement battery & holder from the net . Get the newer type of "button battery" which dont leak . If the Amiga is giving problems (I hope it doesn't) , like refusing to boot up like mine did , i would look at the traces on the motherboard near where the battery leaked and if need be test the with a continuity tester or a digital multimeter . On my Plus i found that a trace was damaged , so i bridged it using a single core wire and fired up the Amiga and it booted up perfectly . I was lucky because only 1 trace was damaged and there was no other damage . I have another A500Plus which needed a new motherboard (unfortunatly i only had an A500 OCS 512K mobo spare) because there was too much damage . Remember , even if the battery looks good , it will most definately kill your Amiga eventually . |
Karlos Posts:16867 | May 23, 2009, 03:35:31 AM That does not look healthy. |