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Offline spirantho

Re: dying a600
« on: October 15, 2008, 02:43:04 PM »
The caps on the 600 are just little tin pot thingies - nothing to bend except the solder joint, which is a high risk of breaking the contact on the board. They do often come off easily just from prying (my A600s did) but beware.

Incidentally, don't feel you have to replace like with like - I stuffed some bog standard non-SMT electrolytics in my A600 and it works just fine, while being rather easier to solder.
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Offline spirantho

Re: dying a600
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2008, 04:58:25 PM »
Those are probably the through-board holes for tracks between layers. A blob of solder on them and a wire is enough to get a useful connection if you're careful. Not very tidy, but then you're not displaying it are you?
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