Macintosh IIci - no life even after recap

Hugotronics

New Tinkerer
Apr 11, 2025
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I would personally buy a hot air station — they're pretty cheap nowadays, around $40 on Amazon. Then desolder the entire chip, clean underneath, and check for any open traces. Bodge wires are fortunately your only option to repair a broken trace, but you can route them on the underside of the board, if possible of course.
 

Hugotronics

New Tinkerer
Apr 11, 2025
11
5
3
France
You’re pretty close to getting the machine working — I’ve already dealt with worse cap damage here.
 

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