@a bunch:
To clean away the flux I used circuit board cleaner (propanol), lots of these ear-pliers (plastic stick with a bit cotton in both ends) and some wooden tootpicks.
I first used a ear-plier to apply circuit board cleaner on the solder flux to make it softer. Then I used the tootpicks to remove the largest amounts of flux. After the tootpicks had done their work I used lots of ear-pliers with the circuit board cleaner to clean away the rest by dabing them on the solders. The board should be held a bit angled (cpuconnecter should be the lowest point) so the circuit board cleaner wont flow out over other parts of the card.
Even if you know this, remember to take electrostatic precautions and to be gentle when doing this.
@zipper:
I will use a magnifier on the cpuslot-connector solders next time I have the card outside the computer. The 68060-socket solders I am afraid I cant inspect as it is a surface mount socket
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@Framiga:
If so then the problems I have had with my card most certainly originates from the 68060-socket. It seems to work fine now, but who knows how it will work in a year. Are the solders just bad from the factory or is the socket itself failing?
If it would stop working, is it possible to get DCE to repair it nowadays? And if so, do you know how much they would charge? I am also very curious wether some other electronics company would be able to fix this... I mean, replacing a surface mount 68060-socket should definately not be something only DCE is capable of.
The rest (20%) of the cards at DCE, are their problems just various or does there exist other components on these cards which commonly break?
@AmiGR:
11 layer - phew, thats some layers! Must definately be the expansion-card for the Amiga to use the most sofisticated manufacturing technology.
@x56h34:
Yes definately. When I had tried everything I and lots of other people could think of and it still didnt work I was very very disappointed. But when it began to work, that disappointment turned the other way around
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I really hope that it will continue to work for some time, if not I'll send you a mail
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/Patrik
