apollo 03 turbo mk2 crystal soldering issue

[paul1981]

Hi

I have a apollo turbo 1230 mk2 accelerator card that i have changed the crystal from a 25mhz to a 40 mhz and one of the holes in the pcb board where the crystal goes as solder missing so there is no contact with the board is their any other way of making contact otherwise the machine will crash when using workbench after a period of time any ideas would be gratefull.

Was the 25MHz oscillator soldered in to the sockets? I used to have one of these cards and mine wasn't soldered in at all - you could pull the oscillator out and back in again quite easily. Hmm...maybe just one of the legs were soldered...was 12 years ago.
So, does it just need solder or is one of the sockets missing? I'm assuming you have a soldering iron and some solder?

[paul1981]

Hi

It did have a 25mhz crystal but when i removed it and soldered the 40mhz into the holes one hole was empty and nothing to solder onto so i assume that's making the card crash. i can play games for a bit and do a system info check no problems.

Is your new oscillator soldered in place now then? If not can you remove it so we can see what the oscillator plugs into? Looks like there's a pad missing though or something.