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Offline danbeaver

Re: Should we really recap our boards?
« on: August 22, 2015, 04:37:18 AM »
Quote from: broken;794374
No, you should recap that board. But first you need to clean it up by neutralizing all the acid, repairing any damaged traces and then recapping it.

Those smd caps on A1200s and A600s are ticking time bombs.

Don't be lazy, repair that board.
The standard (cheap) SMD Electrolytic capacitor of the 1990's contained "Borax" not Boric Acid; when the Borax combined with moisture in the air, it forms an  alkaline liquid that dissolves the copper traces.  Use of more alkali to neutralize a this will result in further damage.

REF: http://www.intralabs.co.uk/borax.html