Hi all,
some years ago I've noticed some gfx issues with my A600. Last week I found out that two traces on the board were broken. Additionally the pins of the IDE connector break like they were never fixed to the plastic part of the pin header. I found some blue/green chemicals between the IDE connector and the pin header so I assume that acid from the caps etched my traces and the pins.
So here is my theory. Now the caps are dry. That's why there were no new damages in the last years. But if I would recap the board, it would again cover my board with acid resulting in more damages. So as long as the caps are more or less working (e.g. sound is silent but working) we should not recap. What do you think?
Additionally we should clean our board regularly with some KONTAKT spray or something similar, maybe on an annual basis.
